pleat

pleat

P0368200 (plēt)n. A fold, especially one of several parallel folds made by doubling cloth or other material on itself and then pressing or stitching it into place.tr.v. pleat·ed, pleat·ing, pleats To press or arrange in pleats: pleat a skirt; pleat curtains.

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[Middle English plet, variant of plait, pleat, fold; see plait.]

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pleat′er n.

pleat

(pliːt) n (Clothing & Fashion) any of various types of fold formed by doubling back fabric and pressing, stitching, or steaming into place. See also box pleat, inverted pleat, kick pleat, knife pleat, sunburst pleatsvb (Clothing & Fashion) (tr) to arrange (material, part of a garment, etc) in pleats[C16: variant of plait]

pleat

(plit)

n. 1. a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself. 2. something resembling this, as a crease or mark. v.t. 3. to arrange in pleats. [1325–75; variant outcome of Middle English pleyt plait] pleat′er, n. pleat′less, adj.

pleat

Past participle: pleated
Gerund: pleating

Imperative
pleat
pleat

Present
I pleat
you pleat
he/she/it pleats
we pleat
you pleat
they pleat

Preterite
I pleated
you pleated
he/she/it pleated
we pleated
you pleated
they pleated

Present Continuous
I am pleating
you are pleating
he/she/it is pleating
we are pleating
you are pleating
they are pleating

Present Perfect
I have pleated
you have pleated
he/she/it has pleated
we have pleated
you have pleated
they have pleated

Past Continuous
I was pleating
you were pleating
he/she/it was pleating
we were pleating
you were pleating
they were pleating

Past Perfect
I had pleated
you had pleated
he/she/it had pleated
we had pleated
you had pleated
they had pleated

Future
I will pleat
you will pleat
he/she/it will pleat
we will pleat
you will pleat
they will pleat

Future Perfect
I will have pleated
you will have pleated
he/she/it will have pleated
we will have pleated
you will have pleated
they will have pleated

Future Continuous
I will be pleating
you will be pleating
he/she/it will be pleating
we will be pleating
you will be pleating
they will be pleating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pleating
you have been pleating
he/she/it has been pleating
we have been pleating
you have been pleating
they have been pleating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pleating
you will have been pleating
he/she/it will have been pleating
we will have been pleating
you will have been pleating
they will have been pleating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pleating
you had been pleating
he/she/it had been pleating
we had been pleating
you had been pleating
they had been pleating

Conditional
I would pleat
you would pleat
he/she/it would pleat
we would pleat
you would pleat
they would pleat

Past Conditional
I would have pleated
you would have pleated
he/she/it would have pleated
we would have pleated
you would have pleated
they would have pleated

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pleat - any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shapeplaitbox pleat - a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of itinverted pleat - a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inwardkick pleat - pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walkingknife pleat - a single pleat turned in one directiontuck - a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in placecrease, crimp, fold, plication, flexure, bend - an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
Verb	1.	pleat - pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"rufflefold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
	2.	pleat - fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"plicatefold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

pleat

noun1. fold, crease, gather, tuck, pucker, crimp There was a row of starched pleats on her cap.verb1. fold, crease, gather, tuck, pucker, crimp large baggy trousers, pleated at the front

pleat

nounA line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another:crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, fold, plica, plication, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, wrinkle.verbTo bend together or make a crease in so that one part lies over another:crease, double, fold, ply, ruck.

Translations

打褶褶

pleat

(pliːt) noun a fold sewn or pressed into cloth etc. a skirt with pleats. 褶 褶 verb to make pleats in. 打褶 打褶ˈpleated adjectivea pleated skirt. 打褶的 打褶的