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PLICATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does plicate mean?

• PLICATE (verb)
The verb PLICATE has 1 sense:

1. fold into pleats,

Familiarity information: PLICATE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PLICATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Fold into pleats,

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

plicate; pleat

Context example:

Pleat the cloth

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

fold; fold up; turn up (bend or lay so that one part covers the other)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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