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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))
Meaning: Folding in parallel folds Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions Synonyms: pleating; plication Hypernyms ("plication" is a kind of...): "Every dog has its day." (English proverb) "He who digs someone else's grave shall fall in it himself." (Bulgarian proverb) "If you have money you can make the devil push your grind stone." (Chinese proverb) "Anyone who lives will know trying times." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: Definition of angularity Pronunciation of twirl Definition of pucker Pronunciation of ruck Definition of fold
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