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Meaning
Noun
●
In Sewing:
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.
●
In Botany:
A
fold
in an
organ
, usually a
longitudinal
fold
in a long
leaf
such as that of
palmetto
,
lending
it stiffness.
●
A plait.
Verb
●
To form one or more
pleats
in a
piece
of
fabric
or a garment.
●
To plait.
Name
●
A surname.
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Rhymes
Eat
Peat
Feat
Feet
Meat
Pete
Meet
Beet
Leet
Heat
Yeet
Seat
Neat
Teat
Mete
Deet
Beat
Wheat
Sleet
Crete
Elite
Sweet
Skeet
Abeat
Pleat
Tweet
Suite
Bleat
Cheat
Greet
Cleat
Sheet
Fleet
Treat
Deceit
Defeat
Deheat
Delete
Upbeat
Effete
Unseat
Gamete
Reheat
Repeat
Street
Petite
Retreat
Offbeat
Replete
Preheat
Receipt
Deplete
Excrete
Accrete
Overeat
Conceit
Secrete
Entreat
Compete
Concrete
Complete
Re-Treat
Discreet
Discrete
Mistreat
Undereat
Overheat
Aesthete
Underheat
Underseat
Locuplete
Superheat
Indiscreet
Stylesheet
Incomplete
Bittersweet
Bon AppéTit
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