plicate

/'plaikit/ Cách viết khác : (plicated) /'plaikeitid/

Thân thiện

The tailor plicates the silk fabric for the gown.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To fold or arrange something into parallel, often overlapping folds or ridges; to corrugate or pleat.
   • (In biology and geology) To be folded or arranged in a series of parallel folds or ridges.

Usage

• The primary use of plicate is as a transitive verb, meaning to fold something. It is a formal or technical term.
• It is commonly used in scientific contexts like botany (to describe leaf structure), geology (to describe rock formations), and anatomy.

Examples

• Verb:
  • The botanist observed how the leaf was plicated along its central vein.
  • Geological forces can plicate layers of sedimentary rock over millennia.
  • To create the intricate fan, the artist carefully plicated the delicate paper.

Advanced Usage

• "Plicate" as an adjective (plicated): Describing something that is folded or has a folded appearance.
  • The fossil showed a shell with a plicated margin.
• "Plicate" in descriptive phrases: Often used with prepositions like "into" or "with."
  • The fabric was plicated into fine, even folds.

Variants and Related Words

• Plication (n): The act or process of folding; the state of being folded. Also, a fold or pleat.
  • The plication of the rock strata was evidence of tectonic activity.
• Plicated (adj): Folded; pleated.
  • They studied the plicated structure of the fern.
• Replicate (v): To make a copy or duplicate. (Shares the Latin root , to fold, but has a distinct modern meaning).
• Complicate (v): To make complex or intricate. (Shares the same etymological root).

Synonyms

• Pleat: To fold or arrange in pleats.
• Corrugate: To shape into parallel ridges and grooves.
• Crimp: To press into small, tight folds.
• Fold: To bend over upon itself.

Antonyms

• Flatten: To make flat or smooth.
• Smooth: To free from folds or irregularities.
• Unfold: To open or spread out.

Notes

• "Plicate" is a less common, more specialized synonym for pleat. While pleat is used in everyday contexts (e.g., sewing), plicate is preferred in technical and scientific writing.
• The adjective form plicated is more frequently encountered than the verb form plicate in modern English.

Học thuật

Verb

1. fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"

Từ đồng nghĩa

• pleat