Word Study
Pleach
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Pleach has 2 senses
- pleach(v = verb.contact) braid - form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair" is one way to interweave, weave
- pleach(v = verb.contact) plash - interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge" is one way to enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine
Sample sentence:
They Pleach their hair
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Pleach, v. t. [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. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Pleach, v.tr. entwine or interlace (esp. branches to form a hedge).
Etymology
ME pleche f. OF (as PLASH(2))
THESAURUS
Pleach
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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