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smocking

[smok-ing] / ˈsmɒk ɪŋ /
NOUN
fold
Synonyms
STRONGEST
pleat
STRONG
bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait plica plication ply pucker ridge ruck ruffle rumple shirring tuck turn wrinkle
WEAK
dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche
Antonyms
STRONG
line
NOUN
plica
Synonyms
STRONG
bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plication ply pucker ridge ruck ruffle shirring tuck turn wrinkle
WEAK
crumple dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche rumple
Antonyms
STRONG
line smoothness
NOUN
plication
Synonyms
STRONG
bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica ply pucker ridge ruck ruffle shirring tuck turn wrinkle
WEAK
crumple dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche rumple
Antonyms
STRONG
line smoothness
NOUN
rimple
Synonyms
WEAK
bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle crumple dog's ear flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica plication plicature ply pucker ridge rivel ruche ruck ruffle rumple shirring tuck turn wrinkle
NOUN
ruck
Synonyms
STRONG
bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle crumple double flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica plication ply pucker ridge ruffle rumple shirring tuck turn wrinkle
WEAK
dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche
Antonyms
STRONG
line smoothness

Example Sentences

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Even down to the shape of this smocking and the crystal application and then the dégradé within the cape.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2021

A lot of that smocking wall is built.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2018

The latest misspelling came on Wednesday when Trump tried to quote a guest on Fox News, only to type smocking gun when he should have written smoking gun.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2018

I counted at least six different needlework techniques—including smocking, pin pleats, and rosettes—that descended from puffed shoulder to netting-frilled wrist.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2016

And the clothes he would make for her—pink crêpe de Chine frocks with dainty smocking at the yoke and sleeves.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.