Plicate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plicate \Pli"cate\, Plicated \Pli"ca*ted\, a. [L. plicatus, p.
     p. of plicare to fold.]
     Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf. --
     {Pli"cate*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plicate
       adj : arranged in parallel folds; "plicate leaves" [syn: {accordion}]
       v : fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth" [syn: {pleat}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "plicate":
     crease, creased, crimp, crimped, crisp, dog-ear, dog-eared, double,
     double over, doubled, enfold, flexible, flounce, flounced, flute,
     fluted, fold, fold over, foldable, folded, folding, frill, gather,
     gathered, infold, interfold, lap over, plait, plaited, plat, pleat,
     pleated, pliable, plicated, plicatile, ply, quill, quilled, ruff,
     ruffle, ruffled, tuck, tucked, turn over, twill, twilled