plicate(v = verb.contact) pleat - fold into pleats,; "Pleat the cloth"
is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Derived forms noun plication2, noun plication1
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.