pleat

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

pleat, n. & v. t. 

 See Plait.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pleat, n. & v.
--n. a fold or crease, esp. a flattened fold in cloth doubled upon itself.
--v.tr. make a pleat or pleats in.

Etymology

ME, var. of PLAIT

THESAURUS

pleat

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, entrenchment, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, fosse, frill, furrow, gash, gather, goffer, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, ha-ha, incise, infold, interfold, kennel, knife pleat, lap over, moat, plait, plat, plicate, plow, ply, quill, rabbet, rifle, ruff, ruffle, rut, score, scratch, slit, streak, striate, sunk fence, trench, trough, tuck, turn over, twill, wrinkle

ROGET THESAURUS

pleat

Fold

N fold, plicature, plait, pleat, ply, crease, tuck, gather, flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature, gather, wrinkle, rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple, rivel, ruck, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce, flounce, lapel, pucker, crow's feet, plication, folded, fluted, pleated.