Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pleating

1 sense of pleating

Sense 1
plication, pleating -- (the act of folding in parallel folds)
       => fold, folding -- (the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pleat

2 senses of pleat

Sense 1
ruffle, pleat -- (pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric")
       => fold, fold up, turn up -- (bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar")

Sense 2
pleat, plicate -- (fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth")
       => fold, fold up, turn up -- (bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar")