fold; pleat

fold; pleat
дипла; набор

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  • fold — [n] double thickness bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, dog’s ear*, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife edge*, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication,… …   New thesaurus

  • pleat´er — pleat «pleet», noun, verb. –n. a flat, usually narrow fold made in cloth by doubling it on itself, especially one of a series of folds by which the edge of a garment or drapery is symmetrically taken in. Pleats are arranged in many different… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pleat — ► NOUN ▪ a fold in a garment or other item made of cloth, held by stitching the top or side. ► VERB ▪ fold or form into pleats. ORIGIN variant of PLAIT(Cf. ↑plait) …   English terms dictionary

  • pleat — [plēt] n. [ME pleten, var. of playten: see PLAIT] a flat double fold in cloth or other material, of uniform width and pressed or stitched in place vt. to lay and press (cloth) in a pleat or series of pleats …   English World dictionary

  • pleat — [pli:t] n [C usually plural] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: plait] a flat narrow fold in a skirt, a pair of trousers, a dress etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. bend (see fold); embrace; pleat; flock, congregation. See religion, assemblage. II A bending double Nouns fold, plication, crease, double, bend, lapping, plait; wrinkle, corrugation; flap, lapel,… …   English dictionary for students

  • pleat — [14] Pleat, plait, and plight ‘predicament’ are essentially the same word, but have become differentiated over the centuries. All three go back to Vulgar Latin *plicitum or *plictum ‘fold’, a noun use of the past participle of Latin plicāre… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • pleat — [14] Pleat, plait, and plight ‘predicament’ are essentially the same word, but have become differentiated over the centuries. All three go back to Vulgar Latin *plicitum or *plictum ‘fold’, a noun use of the past participle of Latin plicāre… …   Word origins

  • Pleat — 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. [ Picken, Mary Brooks, The… …   Wikipedia

  • pleat — Synonyms and related words: accordion pleat, aqueduct, box pleat, canal, canalization, canalize, carve, chamfer, channel, chisel, corrugate, crack, crease, crimp, crisp, cut, dado, dike, ditch, dog ear, double, double over, enfold, engrave,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • pleat — n 1. plait, box pleat or plait, accordion pleat, kilt pleat; fold, crease, plication, plicature, ruck, Chiefly Scot. wimple, Zool., Anat. plica; plaiting, kilting, goffer, fluting; gather, shirring, tuck, dart, pucker, corrugation, flute, crimp.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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