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PLICATION

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. folding in parallel folds

Familiarity information: PLICATION used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PLICATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An angular or rounded shape made by folding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

crease; crimp; fold; plication; flexure; bend

Context examples:

a fold in the napkin / a crease in his trousers / a plication on her blouse / a flexure of the colon / 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))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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)

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