plait
1. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
• Syn:
braid, tress, twist
• Derivationally related forms:
twist (for: twist), braid (for: braid)
• Hypernyms:
hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif
• Hyponyms:
queue, pigtail
2. any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
• Syn:
pleat
• Derivationally related forms:
pleat (for: pleat)
• Hypernyms:
fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
• Hyponyms:
box pleat, inverted pleat, kick pleat, knife pleat, tuck
1. make by braiding or interlacing
- lace a tablecloth
• Syn:
braid, lace
• Derivationally related forms:
plaiter, lace (for: lace), braid (for: braid)
• Topics:
handicraft
• Hypernyms:
weave, tissue
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. weave into plaits
- plait hair
• Derivationally related forms:
plaiter
• Hypernyms:
weave, interweave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They plait their hair
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