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synonyms for pleating
- crinkle
- pleat
- pucker
- wrinkle
- bend
- cockle
- corrugate
- crimp
- crumple
- dog-ear
- plait
- purse
- ridge
- double up
- ruck up
- screw up
- coil
- crease
- crinkle
- crisp
- crumple
- flow
- frizz
- pleat
- ruck
- screw
- scrunch
- set
- swirl
- undulate
- wave
- wrinkle
- crimple
- rimple
- grow
- increase
- amplify
- augment
- dupe
- duplicate
- enlarge
- fold
- loop
- magnify
- multiply
- plait
- pleat
- plicate
- redouble
- repeat
- replicate
- supplement
- dualize
- duplify
- infold
- bend
- crimp
- curl
- knit
- tuck
- cockle
- corrugate
- crisp
- crumple
- dog-ear
- double
- furrow
- gather
- groove
- hem
- intertwine
- lap
- overlap
- overlay
- plait
- pleat
- plicate
- pucker
- purse
- replicate
- ridge
- ruck
- ruffle
- telescope
- wrinkle
- double over
- ruche
- turn under
On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pleating, such as: insert, pinch, wrap, constrict, contract, and enfold.
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How to use pleating in a sentence
If a stiff, smart-looking bow is to be made, fold the ribbon in loops before pleating.
MAKE YOUR OWN HATSGENE ALLEN MARTINHe swore it never touched a thread of it, but just look at that spot, right in the middle of a pleating too.
THE SWORD OF DAMOCLESANNA KATHARINE GREENA simple box pleating may be basted through the center and the edges caught together.
MAKE YOUR OWN HATSGENE ALLEN MARTINThis pleating is nearly always used by basting through the center, after having slightly pressed.
MAKE YOUR OWN HATSGENE ALLEN MARTINThe pleating may be caught together at top and bottom of box pleat, and it is then known as rose pleating.
MAKE YOUR OWN HATSGENE ALLEN MARTINThis is the most difficult pleating to fashion, but very handsome ornaments are made in this way.
MAKE YOUR OWN HATSGENE ALLEN MARTINThe pleats at the apex should meet, and pleats at the lower overlapping edge be on a line with the rest of the pleating.
MAKE YOUR OWN HATSGENE ALLEN MARTINShe sat down, pleating up the hem of her black apron, and smoothing it out again.
THE WHITE PEACOCKD. H. (DAVID HERBERT) LAWRENCEWooden instruments have been found which were used for the pleating of linen stuffs.
A HISTORY OF ART IN ANCIENT EGYPT, VOL. II (OF 2)GEORGES PERROTThis assumes exactly the shape of the pleated fan, the pleating formed by Natures deft hands.
HISTORY OF THE FANGEORGE WOOLLISCROFT RHEAD