PLICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plication mean? 

• PLICATION (noun)
  The noun PLICATION has 2 senses:

1. an angular or rounded shape made by folding

2. the act of folding in parallel folds

  Familiarity information: PLICATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An angular or rounded shape made by folding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

bend; crease; crimp; flexure; fold; plication

Context example:

a bend of his elbow

Hypernyms ("plication" is a kind of...):

angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plication"):

plait; pleat (any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape)

kink; twirl; twist (a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight)

pucker; ruck (an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth))

Derivation:

plicate (fold into pleats)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of folding in parallel folds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pleating; plication

Hypernyms ("plication" is a kind of...):

fold; folding (the act of folding)

Derivation:

plicate (fold into pleats)