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How to pronounce pleat in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms plait
Type of crease, crimp, bend, plication, flexure, fold
Has types knife pleat, box pleat, inverted pleat, kick pleat, tuck
Type Words
Synonyms ruffle
Type of fold, fold up, turn up
Derivation pleating
Type Words
Synonyms plicate
Type of fold, fold up, turn up

Examples of pleat

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Matalan gives a nifty nod to Prada with this block-pleat beatnik-style minidress.
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Then pleat and pinch the side of the taco toward you, working to the other end.
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The depth is the part of the pleat which is folded under the overlying pleat.
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Continue folding over previous folds to pleat the edges, forming a package.
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We're not expecting you to buy this peach pleat dress by Christopher Kane.
From the metro.co.uk
Place 12 dumplings pleat side up in the pan so that they are just touching each other.
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Moisten edges with water and pleat one side against the opposite side.
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Pleat edges to encase filling and put on sheet pan with seam side down.
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The portion of the pleat that protrudes under the overlying pleat is the size or width.
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More examples
  • Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
  • Ruffle: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
  • Fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"
  • (pleating) plication: the act of folding in parallel folds
  • A pleat (older plait) is a type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place. It is commonly used in clothing and upholstery to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference.
  • In knitting, pleats can be made in several ways.
  • 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; A plait; To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment
  • (Pleated) A filter cartridge which media be folded and made the form as a cylinder, cone, disc, plate, etc.
  • (Pleated) (PLEET-ed) -- Folded as a fan, said of leaves as in Calanthe.