plicature
71plait — n 1. braid, plat, pigtail, twist, queue, cue. 2. pleat, fold, plication, plicature, ruck; crease, line, wrinkle, ridge, groove, furrow, corrugation, crimp, flute, ruffle; gather, shirr, pucker, tuck, dart, v 3. braid, plat, pleat, weave, twill;… …
72pleat — n 1. plait, box pleat or plait, accordion pleat, kilt pleat; fold, crease, plication, plicature, ruck, Chiefly Scot. wimple, Zool., Anat. plica; plaiting, kilting, goffer, fluting; gather, shirring, tuck, dart, pucker, corrugation, flute, crimp.… …
73rumple — v 1. crumple, wrinkle, crush, crinkle, crankle, cockle, ripple; pucker, purse, crease, crimple, twill, ruck, ruckle; crisp, fold, curl, flounce, rimple, crimp; knit, furrow, ridge, corrugate, shirr. 2. tousle, ruffle, dishevel, muss, disorganize; …
74tuck — v 1. insert, put into, stick or thrust or shove or push in, Inf. stuff, Inf. stuff in, Inf. cram or pack in; implant, embed, impact; put away, hide, stow, tuck away. 2. fold, fold up, gather, double, Sl. scrunch, Sl. scrunch up; fold over or down …
75plication — /plaɪˈkeɪʃən/ (say pluy kayshuhn), /plə / (say pluh ) noun 1. a folding or fold. 2. plicate form or condition. Also, plicature /ˈplɪkətʃə/ (say plikuhchuh) …
76fold — [n] double thickness bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, dog’s ear*, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife edge*, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication,… …
77-ure — suffix forming: 1 nouns of action or process (censure; closure; seizure). 2 nouns of result (creature; scripture). 3 collective nouns (legislature; nature). 4 nouns of function (judicature; ligature). Etymology …
