plicate(v = verb.contact) pleat - fold into pleats,; "Pleat the cloth"
Derived form noun plication₁, noun plication₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf. [1913 Webster]

plicate, adj. Biol. & Geol. folded, crumpled, corrugated.

Derivative:
plicated adj.

Etymology:
L plicatus past part. of plicare fold

VB  fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute, frizzle, frounce, rivel, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple, crumple, pucker, turn down, double down, down under, tuck, ruck, hem, gather.