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pleaches

pleaches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pleach.

pleaches is the plural of pleach.

Meaning of pleach

Verb

pleach (third-person singular simple present pleaches, present participle pleaching, simple past and past participle pleached)

  1. (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.
    • Her Vine, the merry chearer of the heart, / Vnpruned, dyes: her Hedges euen pleach'd, / Like Priſoners wildly ouer-growne with hayre, / Put forth diſorder'd Twigs: [...]1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    entwine, interlace, plait

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Questions about pleaches

What is pleaches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pleaches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pleach.

Words near pleaches in the dictionary

  1. pleace
  2. pleach
  3. pleached
  4. pleacher
  5. pleachers
  6. pleaches
  7. pleaching
  8. plead
  9. plead down
  10. plead out
  11. plead over

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