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Noun plait has 2 senses
  1. braid, plait, tress, twist - a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
    --1 is a kind of hairdo, hair style, coiffure
    --1 has particulars: queue; pigtail
    Derived form: verb plait2
  2. pleat, plait - any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
    --2 is a kind of fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
    --2 has particulars:
     box pleat; inverted pleat; kick pleat; knife pleat; tuck
    Derived form: verb plait1
,Verb plait has 2 senses
  1. braid, lace, plait - make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth"
    --1 is one way to weave, tissue
    Derived forms: noun plait2, noun plaiter1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. plait - weave into plaits; "plait hair"
    --2 is one way to     weave, interweave
    Derived forms: noun plait1, noun plaiter1
    Sample sentence:
    They plait their hair
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