Language is a living, moving being, it is constantly growing, changing: some words appear in it, others die in oblivion, others come to it from other world languages.
The strange, not immediately clear noun "pleated", obviously came to us from European countries.
Meaning of the word "pleated"
As you might guess after the first meaningful look at the word, it came to Russian from French (pli - "fold") and means:
- Very small parallel, even folds on the fabric. Making a pleated pleat is a painstaking and very difficult job, it requires certain skills, perseverance and diligence, even now, when almost the entire process is automated as much as possible.
- Pleated fabric. Example: "Marina was presented with a very beautiful skirt made of thick pleats for her birthday."
- Frill, sewn in a special way, with small even folds, designed to decorate women's clothing. Example: "The trousers were pleated at the bottom and not very suitable for long walks."
Morphology of the word"pleated"
Pleated is an inanimate noun. In addition, it is a common noun. The gender of the word "pleated" is medium. Does not form a plural.
Declination
The noun "pleated", like many words borrowed from French, does not decline, that is, does not change in cases and numbers, in all forms and positions it has the same word form - "pleated".
For example:
- Pleated is a very beautiful finish, made in the form of small folds of the same width (nominative case).
- Sorry, we don't have lilac chiffon pleats (genitive) in our store.
- Don't touch my pleated, you will crush it (dative).
- An inexperienced seamstress couldn't sew the pleated to the skirt exactly (accusative).
- All night long Margarita Ivanovna tried to cope with plisse (active case).
- In those days, nothing was known about the pleated, although something similar was sewn (prepositional case).
What can be pleated?
What adjectives go with the borrowed noun "pleated"? It can be:
- fashionable;
- beautiful;
- exquisite;
- chic;
- expensive;
- caller;
- delightful;
- flowing;
- air;
- crumpled;
- ridiculous;
- weird;
- exciting;
- old;
- shabby;
- worn out;
- faded;
- different;
- bright;
- humble;
- elegant;
- old fashioned.
Besides this it:
- causes delight/envy;
- beckons;
- fits/goes;
- amazing;
- surprising;
- decorates;
- younger;
- impressive;
- disfiguring;
- spoils;
- crumples;
- erased;
- dries;
- is.
7 "pleated" sentences
Word order is wrong in the sentences below, this misunderstanding needs to be corrected:
- pleated, look, what a beautiful, Mom, decorated, and, flounced, skirt.
- Pleated, this, complex, from, one, kinds, most, folds.
- from, came out, fashion, already, Pleated.
- Pleated, this, folds, small, very.
- relevant, always Pleated.
- pleated, fashion, squeak, latest, tiniest.
- not, succeeded, Pleated, never, me.
Interesting about "pleated"
In villages and villages, they also knew how to pleat fabric in an original way: hot loaves of bread were put on clothes folded in small folds.
Inventor of modern pleating was the Spanish fashion designer Fortuny y Madrazo, who presented the first pleated tunics at an exhibition in 1907, which became mandatory in the wardrobe of fashionistas of the early twentieth century.
Not every fold is a pleat, but only those that are already five centimeters.
Ourgrandmothers washed pleated things, placing them in a stocking, dried only vertically. Some of them sewed the folds together tightly before washing, so that not a single fold had a chance to disperse. And others tried not to wash such things at all.
Today we have learned to make an eternal plisse, so you don’t have to walk around in dirty clothes. But still, you should follow a few rules:
- Very thin, expensive and delicate fabrics are best cleaned by a professional dry cleaner using special professional cleaning products.
- For synthetics, which you can risk washing even in a washing machine, you should use only special soft products, do not wring out and dry only strictly vertically.
- But large folds can still be quilted, using the experience of ancestors.
A very long floor-length skirt or pleated dress plus high heels will make the figure visually slimmer and taller, but fat women do not need to get involved in this style of clothing.
Pleated is found in Egyptian frescoes, but wearing such clothes was a special prerogative of men. Women were able to show off in such attire only in the 18th century.
Choose fabric
Previously, soft, flowing, almost airy fabrics were used for pleated: silk, chiffon, crepe. But now the fashion industry has gone far ahead and there are pleated denim, leather, wool, even drape.
Answers to the task
- Mom, look what a beautiful skirt, decorated with flounces and pleats.
- Pleated is one of the most difficult typesfolds.
- Pleated is already out of fashion.
- Pleated - these are very small folds.
- Pleated is always up to date.
- The smallest pleated is the latest fashion.
- Pleated I never succeeded.
