Plait
31plaît — 3 p.s. Prés. plaire …
32plait — Synonyms and related words: accordion pleat, box pleat, braid, bun, chignon, coat, coating, coil, collop, covering, crease, crimp, crisp, cue, cut, deal, disk, dog ear, double, double over, enfold, enlace, entwine, feuille, film, flap, flounce,… …
33plait — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. braid, weaving, pleat, pleating, plaiting, crease, tuck; see also fold 1 , 2 . v. Syn. braid, weave, interweave, pleat; see fold 2 , weave 1 …
34plait — see PLEAT …
35plait — plate …
36plait — pleɪt /plæt n. fold; wrinkle, crease; ruffle, pleat (on clothing); braid v. fold, pleat, roll up; crease, wrinkle; make folds, make pleats; weave, braid …
37plait — I. n. 1. Fold, doubling, double, gather. 2. Braid. II. v. a. 1. Fold, double. 2. Braid, plat, weave, interweave. 3. Mat, felt …
38plait — 1 verb (T) BrE to twist 3 long pieces of hair, rope etc over and under each other to make one long piece; braid 2 AmE: a plaited leather belt | She plaited her hair hurriedly. 2 noun (C) BrE a length of something, especially hair, made by… …
39plait — n 1. braid, plat, pigtail, twist, queue, cue. 2. pleat, fold, plication, plicature, ruck; crease, line, wrinkle, ridge, groove, furrow, corrugation, crimp, flute, ruffle; gather, shirr, pucker, tuck, dart, v 3. braid, plat, pleat, weave, twill;… …
40plait — [[t]pleɪt, plæt[/t]] n. 1) clo a braid, esp. of hair or straw 2) clo a pleat or fold 3) clo to braid, as hair or straw 4) clo to make, as a mat, by braiding 5) clo to pleat • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME pleyt < MF pleit < L plicitum, neut. of… …
