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plait

verb as in braid

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“A lot of the critical details in the plot were a mishmash of ideas that made no sense,” astronomer Phil Plait wrote at Slate.

For a moment I was as dumbfounded as the bridegroom who discovers a plait of hair on his brides dressing table.

They plait it very ingeniously in small tresses, frequently making more than a hundred.

He learnt to plait the foliage of faded crocuses, and pin them tidily to the ground with little wooden forks.

The Egyptian jewellers employed wire, both to lay down on a background and to plait or otherwise arrange jour.

As she began to twist it into one heavy plait, she walked to the window and stood looking out.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to plait, such as: crease, flute, fold, interweave, knit, and pigtail.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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