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pleat

fold

Related forms: pleat · 2 words in this dictionary

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2 words

(of cloth, paper, etc.) folded into narrow, flat, usually parallel folds

pleat+ed

Shared component: pleat · fold

The action or process of folding cloth into sharp, regular folds.

pleat+ing

Shared component: pleat · fold