Used in a Sentence

plaited

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for plaited.

Editorial note

Therefore: Brotli = little bread roll but slightly damaged Zopfli = little plaited buttery bread but slightly damaged and so on.

Examples12
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of plaited gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

verb

(transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for plaited.

verb

(transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

verb

(transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat

Example sentences

1

Therefore: Brotli = little bread roll but slightly damaged Zopfli = little plaited buttery bread but slightly damaged and so on.

2

As long as it was not loose and plaited neatly, any style is fine.

3

He drove a Renault van to a market in france, bought a truckload of onions, camped just outside town and plaited onion ropes to sell each season.

4

The latter, squatting at the front of the wagon, his feet on the shaft, guided the team with the aid of a simple whip consisting of a stick and a plaited cord.

5

Context: these Aboriginal sites are basically caves, trees and rocks showing signs of former habitation, with the most significant artifact uncovered at the site below being a length of plaited human hair.

6

They sound so funny: Butteräugli = little butter eye Brötli = little bread roll Zöpfli = little plaited buttery bread Gipfeli = little croissant Güetzli = little home-made cookie And they even look more funny without the umlauts.

7

If all those low density areas in SF were converted to high density, SF could grow a lot and housing issues could be plaited temporally (years?) but after a while it be the same thing, where there's more demand than supply.

8

(One difference between India and either China or the near east is that the writing materials used in India, often plaited sheets of palm leaves, were much less durable than the silk sheets or bamboo slats used in China, or the fired clay tablets or papyrus sheets or parchment hides used in the near east.

Quote examples

1

But then society dictates that some are "girls" and are put in dresses, hair plaited, and told to behave a certain way?

2

"Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides."

3

"[Tom] saw a new girl in the garden--a lovely little blue-eyed creature with yellow hair plaited into two long-tails, white summer frock and embroidered pantalettes." (Tom Sayer, by Mark Twain) Reading this, we all pictured the girl in our minds.

4

"Even going through and doing excavations in those areas; to find the plaited hair and the artefacts and how they have been dated back to over 46,000 years — it's something we will always remember." [2] 40,000 years is a long long time, 40,000 years still on my mind.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use plaited in a sentence?

Therefore: Brotli = little bread roll but slightly damaged Zopfli = little plaited buttery bread but slightly damaged and so on.

What does plaited mean?

(transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

What part of speech is plaited?

plaited is commonly used as verb.