Pleat

What do we mean by pleat?

A fold in cloth made by doubling the material upon itself and then pressing or stitching it into place. noun

To press or arrange in pleats. transitive verb

See plait.

See plait.

A fold in the fabric of a garment, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance. noun

To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment. verb

Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape noun

Fold into pleats, verb

Pleat or gather into a ruffle verb

A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.

A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.

A plait.

Words that are spelled similarly to pleat:
pleat, plead, plea, cleat, peat, plat, bleat, fleat, leat, pleas, plet, plect, pleyt, sleat, ploat, plaat, pleut, pleet, plett.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pleat:
sett, pleated, hotspur, skirt, sacked, spurs, pockets, owls, fabric, wednesday, knife, spell, cloth, leicester, manager, relegation, width, sheffield, ron, pitch, wear, pattern, manchester, charge, permanent, forward, simple, box, finished, month, turned, club, size, division, score, scored, side, player, goals, winning, left, england.

Words that rhyme with pleat:
beat, browbeat, discrete, meet, eat, sheet, discreet, seat, treat, street, heat, receipt, elite, sweet, suite, complete, obsolete, neat, meat, retreat, concrete, feet, fleet, feat, replete, conceit, effete, sleet, mete, deceit, defeat, deplete, cheat, beet, compete, athlete, wheat, repeat, greet, upbeat, bittersweet, cleat, delete, peat, petite, backseat, tweet, gamete, st, skeet, bleat, pete, overeat, secrete, heartbeat, spreadsheet, worksheet, deadbeat, buckwheat, deet, offbeat, teat, leet, crete, indiscreet, incomplete, neet, teet, excrete, piet, parakeet, unseat, mesquite, creat, marguerite, time sheet, drumbeat, mistreat, gleet, downbeat, peet, balance sheet, mincemeat, amit, overheat, creaght, crabmeat, flete, love seat, poteat, high street, wall street, grete, noncompete, trick or treat, dead heat, hot seat, car seat, speet, white heat.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pleat:
inverted, french, first, central, small, single, front, double, deep, wide, last, next, second, horizontal, vertical, large, little, neat, inch, broad, third, long, rugged, back, top, tiny, narrow, middle, flat, folded, longitudinal, shaped, triple, centre, soft, kick, hand, finished, like, smooth, thick, lateral, pinched, elegant, loose.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pleat:
skirt, tape, ruffle.

Consonant match to pleat:
plate, plot, plight, plait, platte, platt, playte, plaut, plott, plitt, plett.

Words that sound like pleat:
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