Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to plait
Participle: plaited
Gerund: plaiting
Indicative
Present
| I | plait |
| you | plait |
| he;she;it | plaits |
| we | plait |
| you | plait |
| they | plait |
Perfect
| I | have plaited |
| you | have plaited |
| he;she;it | has plaited |
| we | have plaited |
| you | have plaited |
| they | have plaited |
Past
| I | plaited |
| you | plaited |
| he;she;it | plaited |
| we | plaited |
| you | plaited |
| they | plaited |
Pluperfect
| I | had plaited |
| you | had plaited |
| he;she;it | had plaited |
| we | had plaited |
| you | had plaited |
| they | had plaited |
Future
| I | will plait |
| you | will plait |
| he;she;it | will plait |
| we | will plait |
| you | will plait |
| they | will plait |
Future Perfect
| I | will have plaited |
| you | will have plaited |
| he;she;it | will have plaited |
| we | will have plaited |
| you | will have plaited |
| they | will have plaited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | plait |
| you | plait |
| he;she;it | plait |
| we | plait |
| you | plait |
| they | plait |
Perfect
| I | have plaited |
| you | have plaited |
| he;she;it | have plaited |
| we | have plaited |
| you | have plaited |
| they | have plaited |
Imperfect
| I | plaited |
| you | plaited |
| he;she;it | plaited |
| we | plaited |
| you | plaited |
| they | plaited |
Pluperfect
| I | had plaited |
| you | had plaited |
| he;she;it | had plaited |
| we | had plaited |
| you | had plaited |
| they | had plaited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would plait |
| you | would plait |
| he;she;it | would plait |
| we | would plait |
| you | would plait |
| they | would plait |
Perfect
| I | would have plaited |
| you | would have plaited |
| he;she;it | would have plaited |
| we | would have plaited |
| you | would have plaited |
| they | would have plaited |
Imperative
| you | plait |
| we | Let's plait |
| you | plait |
Verbs conjugated like 'plait'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'plait'
lait,
plain,
plant,
plat,
await,
bait,
blast,
blat,
blit,
claik,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1377, "to fold, gather in pleats," from O.Fr.
pleir "to fold," from L.
plicare "to fold." The noun meaning "a fold, a crease" is attested from c.1400, from Anglo-Fr.
pleit, O.Fr.
pleit, ploit "fold, manner of folding," from L.
plicatus, neuter pp. of
plicare (see ply (v.)). Meaning "interlaced strands of hair, ribbon, etc." is from 1530.
2. From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat. See: Latin '
plectō', Danish '
flette', Russian '
плести́', Old English '
fleohtan'.
Sample Sentences
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to plait a ruffle
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to plait hair
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plaiting rope
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Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them. [1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:]