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Get to know Pleat better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like fold or ruffle.

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Pleat in a sentence

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Pleat | Pleated | Pleats | Pleating | Pleather

Pleat meaning

  1. A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
  2. A similar fold in a filter, lampshade, or various other products.
  3. A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.

Synonyms of Pleat

fold fold up turn up ruffle bend crimp flexure plication crease plait plicate

Related words

Other words often associated with Pleat or its synonyms:

angularity bending folding unfold twist furrow seam abductor extension disturbance appear deform

Using Pleat

  • The main meaning on this page is: A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance. | A similar fold in a filter, lampshade, or various other products. | A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
  • Useful related words include: fold, fold up, turn up, ruffle.
  • In the example corpus, pleat often appears in combinations such as: pleat is, and pleat, of pleat.

Context around Pleat

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

knife 1× box 1× overlying 1× stuff 1×

Often after:

skirt 1× detailing 1× took 1× assembled 1×

Sentence patterns with Pleat

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a knife pleat is a 1× any pleat is characterized 1× cool and pleat the dumplings 1× depth of pleat would be 1× in each pleat or two 1× of each pleat 1× of the pleat which is 1× serious stuff pleat took the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a knife pleat 1× any pleat is 1× before the serious 1× for a full 1× in pleating to 1× the depth is 1×

Common sentence endings:

depth and width 1× mostly black team 1× of each pleat 1× on the skirt 1× on your costume 1× pleat the dumplings 1×

Words around Pleat

Just before it in the word index:

pleasuring 7 pleasures 207 pleasureland 3 pleasuredome 3 pleasure 1.556 pleasurably 3

Just after it in the word index:

pleated 60 pleather 4 pleating 7 pleats 27 pleb 4 plebe 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Pleat

  • In this selection, "pleat" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, knife, box, overlying, skirt, detailing and took stand out and add context to how "pleat" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a knife pleat is a and any pleat is characterized. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pleat" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pleat

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Any pleat is characterized by depth and width. (8 words)

The depth is the part of the pleat which is folded under the overlying pleat. (15 words)

It could be your job to ensure you might be sewing the best type of pleat skirt on your costume! (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The team which Pleat assembled at Kenilworth Road was notable at the time for the number of black players it included; during an era when many English squads were almost entirely white, Luton often fielded a mostly black team. (39 words)

In pleating to the stripe, one of the vertical stripes in the tartan is selected and the fabric is then folded so that this stripe runs down the center of each pleat. (32 words)

For a full kilt, 8 yards of fabric would be used regardless of size and the number of pleats and depth of pleat would be adjusted according to their size. (30 words)

Exclamation examples

It could be your job to ensure you might be sewing the best type of pleat skirt on your costume! (20 words)

Example sentences (11)

A knife pleat is a simple fold, while the box pleat is bulkier, consisting of two knife pleats back-to-back.

The depth is the part of the pleat which is folded under the overlying pleat.

This class will teach you how to make the dough, as well as the filling, plus how to fold, cool and pleat the dumplings.

It could be your job to ensure you might be sewing the best type of pleat skirt on your costume!

This printed maxi dress from Onjenu London features 3/4 length sleeves, a flattering wrap-style bodice that ties at the waist and pleat detailing on the skirt.

Before the serious stuff, Pleat took the curious decision to fulfil a promise to play a testimonial game at Watford on the Tuesday night.

Any pleat is characterized by depth and width.

For a full kilt, 8 yards of fabric would be used regardless of size and the number of pleats and depth of pleat would be adjusted according to their size.

In pleating to the stripe, one of the vertical stripes in the tartan is selected and the fabric is then folded so that this stripe runs down the center of each pleat.

The team which Pleat assembled at Kenilworth Road was notable at the time for the number of black players it included; during an era when many English squads were almost entirely white, Luton often fielded a mostly black team.

This is done by taking up one full sett in each pleat, or two full setts if they are small.

Common combinations with pleat

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pleat" in a sentence?
An example: "A knife pleat is a simple fold, while the box pleat is bulkier, consisting of two knife pleats back-to-back." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "pleat" from authentic English texts.
What does "pleat" mean?
Pleat means: A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
What are synonyms of "pleat"?
Common synonyms of "pleat" include: fold, fold up, turn up, ruffle, bend, crimp, flexure, plication. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "pleat" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "pleat", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.