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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS

pleach

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Verb (usu participle)

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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

Sample sentence:
They pleach their hair

pleach(v = verb.contact) plash - interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge"

is one way to enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pleach, v.tr. entwine or interlace (esp. branches to form a hedge).

Etymology

ME pleche f. OF (as PLASH(2))

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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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