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PLEACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pleach mean? 

PLEACH (verb)
  The verb PLEACH has 2 senses:

1. form or weave into a braid or braidsplay

2. interlace the shoots ofplay

  Familiarity information: PLEACH used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLEACH (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Form or weave into a braid or braids

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

braid; pleach

Context example:

braid hair

Hypernyms (to "pleach" is one way to...):

interweave; weave (interlace by or as if by weaving)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They pleach their hair


Sense 2

Meaning:

Interlace the shoots of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

plash; pleach

Context example:

pleach a hedge

Hypernyms (to "pleach" is one way to...):

enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine (spin, wind, or twist together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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