Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To remove the plaits of; to smooth.
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- verb transitive To remove the
plaits of; tosmooth .
Etymologies
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un- + pleat
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Examples
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"A balmy wind spills off the Hudson," Zeke wrote, watching a breeze unpleat the drapes of his window and fill the bedroom with the smell of the river.
In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984
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