pleach

verb

Definition of pleachnext
as in to braid

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Recent Examples of pleach Pool Garden Linden trees are pleached and underplanted with liriope, while boxwood hedges frame pink annuals. — Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleach
  1. braid
  2. plait
  3. plat
  4. ply
  5. implicate
  6. weave
Verb
  • This Fulani style features braided ends for a fabulous addition of color and texture.
    — Sunnah Rasheed, InStyle, 23 July 2026
  • Those missing arms and legs were quickly discovered, braided together in a garbage bag laying underneath the body bag.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026
Definition of braid
Verb
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales' daughter has also previously sported smaller ribbons or had her hair plaited back in braids when she's worn her hair this way, and her oversize bow at Trooping matched her white outfit.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
  • One of the most important traditions is pineapple pole plaiting, in which artisans weave and shape materials into intricate forms.
    — Taryn White, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of plait
Verb
  • Or if this new continent had people living there who’d already platted out Elm and Main Streets.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • Armstrong was surveyed and platted in 1871 by a representative of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company.
    — Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
Definition of plat
Verb
  • In 2014, Andrew Tate began his pornographic webcamming empire, recruiting women by dating and plying them with gifts.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026
  • Ingenuity was a technology demonstration, designed to show that rotorcraft could effectively ply the thin Red Planet skies.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of ply
Verb
  • One person impacted by Skalnik’s scheme was James Dailey, who was implicated in the 1985 murder of teenager Shelly Boggio.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • That sample, however, did not come from lettuce already implicated in the outbreak and recall.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Definition of implicate
Verb
  • And throughout their exchange, Paul weaved in his analysis of Fauci’s actions to frame the one-sided conversation his way.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • The podcast, which launched in 2025, focuses on a single sad track as a means for artists to weave personal narratives.
    — Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of weave

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“Pleach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleach. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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