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pleach

Pronunciation:  pleech

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge"
  2. [v]  form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair"
 
 Synonyms: braid, plash
 
 Antonyms: unbraid
 
 See Also: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, interweave, lace, twine, weave

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pleaching}.] [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser
to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind
together. Cf. {Plash} to pleach.]
To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to
interlock. ``The pleached bower.'' --Shak.
 
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 Related Terms: braid, enlace, entwine, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, knit, lace, loom, loop, mat, net, noose, plait, raddle, splice, tissue, twill, twine, twist, wattle, weave, web, wreathe
 

 

 



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