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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 foldsplay

  Familiarity information: PLEATING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLEATING (noun)


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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