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Meanings of plait in anglès

portuguès
nó de trança
català
trena
Wikidata

A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.

        trena
        portuguès
        prega
        català
        plec
        espanyol
        pliegue
        Wikidata

        Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape.

              plec
              Sinònims
              Examples for "pleat"
              Examples for "pleat"
              1
              The high temperature makes the glue mold the pleat into the material.
              Reuters
              2
              Trends such as claret and pleat-front trousers were present and correct.
              The Guardian
              3
              And she did hope that pleat from the neck would look all right.
              The History of David Grieve
              4
              He inserted two fingers into the front pleat of his shirt.
              Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
              5
              I have learned to gut a fish and to flawlessly pleat a blouse.
              The day the falls stood still
              portuguès
              trançar
              català
              trenar
              espanyol
              enlazar
              Wikidata

              Make by braiding or interlacing.

                    trenar
                    Usage of plait in anglès
                    1
                    He held the tip, playfully swishing the long plait to and fro.
                    In every heartbeat
                    2
                    Amy bent over the plate and chose the largest, beautiful white plait.
                    The Choir Invisible
                    3
                    One of her braids, she noted, had come out of its plait.
                    Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
                    4
                    At the end of the plait she attached an ornamental jade ring.
                    Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
                    5
                    No one looks at us while we plait and weave these words.
                    The Uncommercial Traveller
                    6
                    Then she began to plait the strips, forming a stiff braided rod.
                    Brisingr
                    7
                    I'll plait them a little for him, and cover them with moss.
                    The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
                    8
                    Celtic art is the plait, the knot, the double-headed man or critter.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    He should like to pull Sairy Jane's plait and to slap Jubal.
                    The Voice of the People
                    10
                    Her hair in the same thick plait down her back as before.
                    The blood spilt
                    11
                    He gathered up the long plait of her hair and kissed it passionately.
                    The Top of the World
                    12
                    After tugging the smock over his shoulders, Feldspar pulled the acolyte plait free.
                    King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
                    13
                    All the possibilities of braid and plait and curl were canvassed.
                    Sevenoaks: A Story of Today
                    14
                    A plait of dark hair hung across her shoulder far below the waist.
                    Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
                    15
                    About fifteen years old with a long plait down her back?
                    Evanly bodies
                    16
                    The piled-on earrings, rings and necklaces and bad-girl plait are all working here.
                    The Guardian
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                    Plait across language varieties
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