as in braided
to form into a braid
pleat ribbons
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Recent Examples of pleated
Alba paired the heels with a crisp white button-down tucked into beige knee-length shorts, pleated through the front for shape.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleated
braided
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At Campillo, mid-blue denim was braided into exquisitely relaxed shirting.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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In other looks, pearls and cowrie shells were braided into the models’s textures.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Pleated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleated. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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