pleat

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. A similar fold in a filter, lampshade, or various other products.
3. A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
4. A plait.

Verb

1. (transitive) To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
2. To plait.

Synonyms

fold

plait

crease

tuck

pucker

wrinkle

ruffle

gather

purse

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layer

squeeze

plicate

drape

frounce

bend

braid

clasp

crimp

fasten

furrow

ridge

waistline

wrinkles

gather a fabric in folds

attach

Translations

plisser

piega

Falte

pieghettare

plissettare

grinza

plissieren

plegar

plisar

plooi

pliegue

fruncir

pli

plissado

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pliːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

From Middle English, from a variant of plait, from Old French pleit. Doublet of plait.