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plait

(plæt, US pleɪt)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense plaits, present participle plaiting, past tense, past participle plaited
1. verb
If you plait three or more lengths of hair, rope, or other material together, you twist them over and under each other to make one thick length.
[mainly British]
Joanna parted her hair, and then began to plait it into two thick braids. [VERB noun]
...a plaited leather belt. [VERB-ed]
regional note: in AM, usually use braid
2. countable noun
A plait is a length of hair that has been plaited
[mainly British]regional note: in AM, usually use braid

plait in British English

(plæt)
noun
1. 
a length of hair, ribbon, etc, that has been plaited
2. 
(in Britain) a loaf of bread of several twisting or intertwining parts
3.  a rare spelling of pleat
verb
4. (transitive)
to intertwine (strands or strips) in a pattern
Word origin
C15 pleyt, from Old French pleit, from Latin plicāre to fold; see ply2

plait in American English

(pleɪt; plæt)
noun
1. 
pleat
2. 
a braid of hair, ribbon, etc.
verb transitive
3. 
pleat
4. 
to braid or interweave
5. 
to make by braiding
Derived forms
plaiter (ˈplaiter)
noun
Word origin
ME pleit < OFr < VL *plicta < pp. of L plicare, to fold: see ply2

Examples of 'plait' in a sentence
plait

Then remove the rollers, and loosely plait the hair from your shoulders to the ends.
The Sun (2016)
Then remove the rollers, and loosely plait the hair from your shoulders to the ends.
The Sun (2016)
Will they be able to plait hair?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The prince has taken this spectacular heirloom and suspended it from a simple leather plait.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Simply French plait the front section on a side parting and pin loosely behind one ear.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Instead of taking each section under, plait them over each other for better texture.
The Sun (2012)
And he said too that she wasn't to plait her hair.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
I used to plait her hair: laugh.
Patrick O'Brian Richard Temple
Step four When all the hair is in the braid, continue with a simple plait.
The Sun (2014)

Word lists with
plait

America, bread, hairstyle

In other languages
plait

British English: plait /plæt/ NOUN
A plait is a length of hair that has been twisted over and under two other lengths of hair to make one thick length of hair.
...a young girl with long blonde plaits of hair.
  • American English: braid
  • Arabic: ضَفِيرَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: trança
  • Chinese: 辫子
  • Croatian: pletenica
  • Czech: cop pletený
  • Danish: fletning
  • Dutch: vlecht
  • European Spanish: trenza
  • Finnish: palmikko
  • French: tresse
  • German: Zopf
  • Greek: πλεξούδα
  • Italian: treccia
  • Japanese: おさげ
  • Korean: 땋은 것
  • Norwegian: flette
  • Polish: plecionka
  • European Portuguese: trança
  • Romanian: împletitură
  • Russian: коса
  • Latin American Spanish: trenza
  • Swedish: fläta
  • Thai: ผมเปีย
  • Turkish: saç örgüsü
  • Ukrainian: косазачіска
  • Vietnamese: bím tóc

Chinese translation of 'plait'

plait

(plæt)

n (c)

  1. [of hair] 辫(辮)子 (biànzi) (条(條), tiáo)
  2. [of rope, leather] 辫(辮)状(狀)物 (biànzhuàng wù)
    美 = braid

vt

  1. [hair, rope, leather] 编(編) (biān)
    美 = braid
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