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)
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))
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)