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PLEATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pleating mean?
• PLEATING (noun)
The noun PLEATING has 1 sense:
1. the act of folding in parallel folds
Familiarity information: PLEATING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of folding in parallel folds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
pleating; plication
Hypernyms ("pleating" is a kind of...):
fold; folding (the act of folding)
Derivation:
pleat (pleat or gather into a ruffle)
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