PLAIT Synonyms

• an unforeseen development

• an interpretation of a text or action

• any clever maneuver

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• a circular segment of a curve

• a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

• a jerky pulling movement

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s

• the act of winding or twisting

• turning or twisting around (in place)

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• turn in the opposite direction

• form into a spiral shape

• form into twists

• extend in curves and turns

• do the twist

• twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

• practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• tie or link together

• spin, wind, or twist together

• spin, wind, or twist together

• hold in a locking position

• spin, wind, or twist together

• make lacework by knotting or looping

• make a loop in

• interlace by or as if by weaving

• a fabric made by knitting

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

• make (textiles) by knitting

• tie or link together

• to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

• pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric

• interlace by or as if by weaving

• create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton

• sway from side to side

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

• a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)

• a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns

• spin, wind, or twist together

• make by braiding or interlacing

• do lacework

• draw through eyes or holes

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape

• pleat or gather into a ruffle

• fold into pleats

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair