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- pronunciation:
- pleIt
[or]
plaet
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
strands, as of hair or cloth, woven together; braid.
- synonyms:
- braid, plat
- similar words:
- cornrow, cue, pigtail, queue, twine, twist
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| definition 2: |
a fold made by overlapping and sewing together a single piece of cloth or the like; pleat.
- synonyms:
- pleat
- similar words:
- fold, frill, gather, shirr, tuck
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| related words: |
coiffure, twine |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
plaits, plaiting, plaited |
| definition 1: |
to weave together strands of, so as to make a braid.
- synonyms:
- braid, plat
- similar words:
- cornrow, cue, double, fold, frill, gather, interlace, intertwine, interweave, ruffle, shirr, twine, twist
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| definition 2: |
to sew together, so as to make a pleat.
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| definition 3: |
to make (something) by either of these processes.
- similar words:
- braid, twine
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| related words: |
coiffure, double, ruffle, tuck, twine, weave |
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