Meanings
pleat1
verbpleat (third-person singular simple present pleats, present participle pleating, simple past and past participle pleated)
present singular third person pleats · participle present pleating · participle past pleated · past pleated
- To plait.
pleat my hair
Pleat2
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
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nounany of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
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Origin
- Old Frenchpleit
- Englishpleat
From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit. Doublet of plait.
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Bulgarian плисе, плисирам
- плисе (plise)fold in a fabric of a garment
- плисирам (plisiram)To form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Catalan doblec, arruga
- doblecfold in a fabric of a garment
- arrugafold in a fabric of a garment
Chinese Mandarin 褶子, 褶襉
- 褶子 (zhězi)fold in a fabric of a garment
- 褶襉 (zhějiǎn)fold in a fabric of a garment
- 打褶 (dǎzhě)To form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Czech záhyb, sámek
- záhybfold in a fabric of a garment
- sámekfold in a fabric of a garment
- plisovatTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- sámkovatTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- skládatTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Dutch plooi
- plooifold in a fabric of a garment
Finnish vekki, taite
- vekkifold in a fabric of a garment
- taitebotany: fold in an organ
- vekittääTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- vekataTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- pliseerataTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
French pli, plisser
- plifold in a fabric of a garment
- plisserTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
German Falte, plissieren
- Faltefold in a fabric of a garment
- plissierenTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- in Falten legenTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- fältelnTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Hungarian pliszé, berakás
- pliszéfold in a fabric of a garment
- berakásfold in a fabric of a garment
- ráncfold in a fabric of a garment
- redőfold in a fabric of a garment
- berakTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- redőzTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- pliszírozTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Icelandic felling
- fellingfold in a fabric of a garment
Irish pléata, pléata a chur i
- pléatafold in a fabric of a garment
- pléata a chur iTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- pléatáilTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Italian piega, pieghettatura
- piegafold in a fabric of a garment
- pieghettaturafold in a fabric of a garment
- plissettaturafold in a fabric of a garment
- pieghettareTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- plissettareTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Japanese 襞
- 襞 (hida)fold in a fabric of a garment
Māori peretihi, apa
- peretihifold in a fabric of a garment
- apafold in a fabric of a garment
- pūkorukorufold in a fabric of a garment
- pukohufold in a fabric of a garment
- kōnumiTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Norwegian Bokmål fold, legg
- foldfold in a fabric of a garment
- leggfold in a fabric of a garment
- plisséfold in a fabric of a garment
Polish plisa
- plisafold in a fabric of a garment
Portuguese plissado, prega
- plissadofold in a fabric of a garment
- pregafold in a fabric of a garment
Romanian pliu, plisa
- pliufold in a fabric of a garment
- plisaTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Russian скла́дка, плисси́ровать
- скла́дка (skládka)fold in a fabric of a garment
- плисси́ровать (plissírovatʹ)To form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- де́лать скла́дки (délatʹ skládki)To form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Spanish plisado, alforza
- plisadofold in a fabric of a garment
- alforzafold in a fabric of a garment
- lorzafold in a fabric of a garment
- plisarTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- tablearTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- alechugarTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- gandujarTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- engandujarTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Swedish plissé, veck
- plisséfold in a fabric of a garment
- veckfold in a fabric of a garment
- plisseraTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
- veckaTo form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pleat
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APA
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Chicago
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