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 Definitions of pleat  [plit]  

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Definition of 'pleat' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pleat
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself.

2.  pleat
something resembling this, as a crease or mark.

3. (v.t.) pleat
to arrange in pleats.

Etymology:  (1325–75; var. outcome of ME

Definition of 'pleat' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) pleat, plait
any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

2. (verb) ruffle, pleat
pleat or gather into a ruffle
"ruffle the curtain fabric"

3. (verb) pleat, plicate
fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"


Definition of 'pleat' Webster Dictionary 

1.  pleat
see Plait


Translation of 'pleat' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a fold sewn or pressed into cloth etc
a skirt with pleats.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: plooisel Arabic flag Arabic: ثَنْيَه، طَيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: плисе
Brazilian flag Brazilian: prega Czech flag Czech: sklad, záhyb German flag German: die Falte
Danish flag Danish: læg Greek flag Greek: πιέτα Spanish flag Spanish: pliegue
Estonian flag Estonian: volt Farsi flag Farsi: چین؛ پلیسه Finnish flag Finnish: vekki
French flag French: pli Hebrew flag Hebrew: קֵפֶל Hindi flag Hindi: चुनन
Croatian flag Croatian: nabor na haljini,”falta” Hungarian flag Hungarian: ránc, redő Indonesian flag Indonesian: lipatan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: felling Italian flag Italian: piega Japanese flag Japanese: ひだ
Korean flag Korean: 주름 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: klostė Latvian flag Latvian: ieloce
Malay flag Malay: lisu Dutch flag Dutch: platte plooi Norwegian flag Norwegian: fold, legg
Polish flag Polish: plisa, zakładka Persian flag Persian: چین؛ پلیسه Pashto flag Pashto: چوڼ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: prega Romanian flag Romanian: pliseu Russian flag Russian: складка
Slovak flag Slovak: sklad, záhyb Slovenian flag Slovenian: guba Serbian flag Serbian: falta
Swedish flag Swedish: veck, plissé Thai flag Thai: รอยจีบ Turkish flag Turkish: pli, kıvrım
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: складка Urdu flag Urdu: چنّٹ، شکن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nếp gấp Chinese flag Chinese: 

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