PLICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)