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Unpleat

Unpleat \Un*pleat"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + pleat.] To remove the plaits of; to smooth.
--W. Browne.

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unpleat

vb. (context transitive English) To remove the plaits of; to smooth.

Usage examples of "unpleat".

Smoke unpleats into the sky like an untangling braid of hair at the bottom of the ocean.

Mariah says nothing, just pleats and unpleats the fabric of her skirt.

Like all Altans, he cut his hair short, just above the ears, and he wore the short, unpleated kilt that all Altan farmers sported.

She summoned up the memory of Baxter as he sat across from her attired in a rumpled blue coat, unpleated linen shirt, and the conservative breeches and unpolished boots.

When she whirled in front of the mirror the short skirt, unpleated, swished around her thighs and kissed her knees.

Her fingers unpleated her cream colored linen skirt, smoothing it over her knocking knees.

The unpleated upper part of the long rectangle of cloth was stuffed up under his coat, and the ends were wrapped around his shoulders.

Her fingers unpleated so she could point to what he was holding in his hand.

The tranjit would not look at her, only at the coarse white cloth she was pleating and unpleating over her knees.