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PLICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of folding in parallel folds
Synonyms:
pleating; plication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("plication" is a kind of...):
fold; folding (the act of folding)
Derivation:
plicate (fold into pleats)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An angular or rounded shape made by folding
Example:
a bend of his elbow
Synonyms:
bend; crease; crimp; flexure; fold; plication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
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))
Derivation:
plicate (fold into pleats)
