vekittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
• pleat noun A fold pressed or stitched into cloth to shape a garment or add fullness, made by doubling the fabric back on itself.

Senses

vekittää is used for these senses in English:

• gather (sewing) To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.
• pleat (transitive) To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.

gather — full definition

1. verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
2. verb To collect or accumulate something gradually.
3. verb To conclude or infer something from information available.

pleat — full definition

1. noun A fold pressed or stitched into cloth to shape a garment or add fullness, made by doubling the fabric back on itself.
2. verb To fold cloth into pleats and fix them in place by pressing or sewing.

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