plicate

[plahy-keyt, -kit, plahy-keyt] / ˈplaɪ keɪt, -kɪt, ˈplaɪ keɪt /

VERB

double

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grow increase

STRONG

amplify augment dupe duplicate enlarge magnify multiply redouble

WEAK

supplement

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease diminish dissect

STRONG

abridge compress condense curtail lessen reduce

WEAK

divide halve

VERB

fold

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bend crimp curl knit tuck

STRONG

cockle corrugate crisp crumple dog-ear double furrow gather groove hem intertwine lap overlap overlay plait pleat pucker purse replicate ridge ruck ruffle telescope wrinkle

WEAK

double over ruche turn under

Antonyms

STRONGEST

straighten

STRONG

divide open smooth

WEAK

flatten free loose loosen unbend

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He has a great eye for detail, but he also has a touch of the epiphenomenal imbroglios: "we listened to the muffled crepitations coming from inside"; eyebrows "plicate" foreheads.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2012

The inescapable laws of biology soon com plicate Belinda's problem.

From Time Magazine Archive

P. 4-7 mm. umbilicate, plicate, whitish or disc slightly tinged; g. attached to a free collar encircling the stem; s. 2-4 cm. glabrous, blackish, shining; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Acanthophippium.—A small genus of terrestrial plants with oblong pseudo-bulbs, and broad, plicate leaves.

From Orchids by O'Brien, James

P. 1-1.5 cm. subumbilicate, at length plicate, pale yellow-brown then whitish; g. broadly adnate, simple, unequal, distant; s. 2-3 cm. floccose or scurfy, reddish-brown; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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