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plier.

to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/pli.je/
  1. to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)

    transitive
  2. to fold up

  3. to bend

  4. to mess up; to do in; to damage

  5. to kill, kill off (a game)

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French plier, from Old French pleier, ploiier, from Latin plicāre.

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