Plait

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  • noun. A braid, especially of hair.
  • noun. A pleat.
  • transitive verb. To braid.
  • transitive verb. To pleat.
  • transitive verb. To make by braiding.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • noun. A flattened gather or fold; an over-lapping fold made by doubling cloth or some similar fabric in narrow strips upon itself.
  • noun. A braid, as of hair, straw, etc.
  • noun. Rope-yarn strands braided into sennit.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
  • noun. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
  • noun. Same as Plica.
  • transitive verb. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat.
  • transitive verb. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.
  • noun. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
  • verb. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
  • verb. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make by braiding or interlacing
  • verb. weave into plaits
  • noun. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  • noun. any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
  • Word Usage
    "In each iteration, the plait is copied, and a transformation is applied."
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    brazilian  
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    interweave  tissue  weave  
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    Ate  Cate  Est  Fate  Haight  
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    plaited  plaiting  plaits  plated