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pleating

pleating is the present participle and gerund of pleat.

Meaning of pleat

Verb

pleat (third-person singular simple present pleats, present participle pleating, simple past and past participle pleated)

  1. (transitive) To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
    Synonyms:
    ruffle
  2. To plait.
    • pleat my hair

See all 7 meanings of pleat

Noun

pleating (plural pleatings)

  1. An action or arrangement in which something is pleated.

Forms of pleating

pluralpleatings

Words formed from pleating

Questions about pleating

What does pleating mean?
Pleating means an action or arrangement in which something is pleated.
What is pleating the present participle and gerund of?
Pleating is the present participle and gerund of pleat.
What part of speech is pleating?
Pleating is a noun.
What is the plural of pleating?
The plural of pleating is pleatings.

Words near pleating in the dictionary

  1. pleater
  2. pleaters
  3. pleather
  4. pleathered
  5. pleathers
  6. pleating
  7. pleating to the sett
  8. pleating to the stripe
  9. pleatings
  10. pleatless
  11. pleatlessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pleating (page history and authors); pleat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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