To pleat or gather (fabric) into a ruffle.
To harvest or pick:
To wrinkle; muss
1917 ""Will you come over now and try on your dress?"" Ally asked, looking at her with wistful admiration. ""I want to be sure the sleeves don't ruck up the same as they did yesterday."" — Edith Wharton, Summer, Chapter 12.
To double over (cloth, for example).
To be capable of being folded:
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To advance (a runner) by hitting a double
Find another word for pleating. In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pleating, like: plication, ruffling, gathering, creasing, rucking, plying, folding, doubling, smoothing and ordering.
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