pleach

/pli:tʃ/

Thân thiện

The gardener will pleach the young branches to create a living archway.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To interlace or entwine (especially branches, twigs, or shoots): To weave together flexible woody stems, typically as part of a horticultural technique for creating a hedge or living fence.
   • To braid or plait (hair): To form hair into a braid or braids by weaving three or more strands together.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The gardener will pleach the young lime trees to create a formal avenue.
  • She learned how to pleach her long hair into an intricate crown braid.

Advanced Usage

• "Pleached" (Adjective): Describing something that has been formed by intertwining.
  • The garden was enclosed by a pleached alley of hornbeams.
• "Pleaching" (Gerund/Noun): The act or technique of interlacing branches.
  • Pleaching is an ancient method for creating living garden structures.

Variants and Related Words

• Plait (Verb): To braid. (Often used interchangeably with 'pleach' for hair, but 'pleach' is more formal or literary.)
• Interlace (Verb): To cross over each other as if woven together.
• Entwine (Verb): To twist together.

Synonyms

• Braid
• Interweave
• Twine
• Weave

Related Phrases

• To pleach a hedge: The specific horticultural practice of training and weaving branches to form a dense, living wall.
  • They decided to pleach a hedge for more privacy in the yard.

Học thuật

Verb

1. interlace the shoots of
   • pleach a hedge
2. form or weave into a braid or braids
   • braid hair

Từ đồng nghĩa

• plash
• braid