pleat
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The R groups are attached to the carbons and extend above and below the folds of the pleat.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
And if I’m ever desperate for a sharp pleat, well, there’s always the dry cleaner for that.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2021
“We can’t produce them at the incredible rate she can pleat them, but they are delicious!”
From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2020
She comes with four changes of clothes: a Kelly green ball gown, a teal suit with a calotte hat, a sweater and matching kick pleat skirt and a nightgown with a peignoir.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2020
We ease the paper covers off the straws so that they pleat up into short caterpillars of paper.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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