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  • adjective Having pleats.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pleat.

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Examples

  • "We will see them at retail in pleated versions that are more flattering and forgiving for all shapes and then I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be adopted more widely."

    In Stores Now: High-Waisted Pants, the Sequel Ray A. Smith 2010

  • Niñas dressed in pleated skirts and white blouses emerge from the jungle on their way to school.

    The Return Fourteen 2005

  • Niñas dressed in pleated skirts and white blouses emerge from the jungle on their way to school.

    The Return Fourteen 2005

  • Niñas dressed in pleated skirts and white blouses emerge from the jungle on their way to school.

    The Return Fourteen 2005

  • Niñas dressed in pleated skirts and white blouses emerge from the jungle on their way to school.

    The Return Fourteen 2005

  • The women were garbed in short, pleated blue skirts reaching just below the knee, and a short loose coat of the same cotton material with side slits and ample sleeves.

    Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894

  • These were 16-year old girls, 18-year old girls, even 25-year old girls, all dressed in short pleated skirts, many wearing stockings that criss-crossed their legs in parallel black diagonals, exposing naked flesh underneath - and where the stockings gave way to garters at the top of their thighs, even more naked flesh.

    iJamming.net 2009

  • Dr. Julian Bashir stood on the periphery of the command circle, his large eyes and tender expression pleated with concern.

    The Search Diane Carey 2000

  • Dr. Julian Bashir stood on the periphery of the command circle, his large eyes and tender expression pleated with concern.

    The Search Diane Carey 2000

  • Dr. Julian Bashir stood on the periphery of the command circle, his large eyes and tender expression pleated with concern.

    The Search Diane Carey 2000

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