Plait

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A braid, especially of hair.
  • n. A pleat.
  • v. To braid.
  • v. To pleat.
  • v. To make by braiding.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
  • n. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
  • v. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
  • v. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
  • n. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
  • v. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat.
  • v. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A flattened gather or fold; an over-lapping fold made by doubling cloth or some similar fabric in narrow strips upon itself.
  • n. A braid, as of hair, straw, etc.
  • n. Rope-yarn strands braided into sennit.
  • To fold; double in narrow strips: as, to plait a gown or a sleeve. See plaiting and box-plaiting.
  • To braid; interweave the locks or strands of: as, to plait the hair.
  • To mat; felt.
  • To twist; twine.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make by braiding or interlacing
  • v. weave into plaits
  • n. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  • n. any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
  • Verb Form
    plaited    plaiting    plaits    plated   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weave    tissue    interweave   
    Cross Reference
    brazilian   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pleat    plat    braid    fold   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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