plier

Meaning

1. to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)
2. to fold up
3. to bend
4. to mess up; to do in; to damage
5. to kill, kill off (a game)

Concepts

fold

bend

fold up

yield

curve

flex

close up

comply

congregation

crease

crook

curb

depart

faithful

folding

lean

ply

roll

roll up

sheepcote

sheepfold

shut down

stoop

tie up

pen up

turn up

twist

warp

wind

wrap

fold back

sheep pen

acquiesce

pick flowers

bind

bow

🙇

break

close

close down

Synonyms

courber

fléchir

ployer

céder

pencher

se courber

se plier

incliner

faire plier

s’incliner

se rendre

renoncer

capituler

faire céder

toucher

se pencher

baisser

porter

pousser

prédiposer

rouler

se couder

casser

tourner

faire pencher

rabattre

s’infléchir

couder

inciter

infléchir

arquer

faire fléchir

carter

ajuster

amarrer

carguer

conformer

enrouler

envelopper

fausser

fermer

fidèle

fréquenter

froisser

mettre en conformité

nouer

🪢

obéir

parc

🏞️

pliage

rompre

serpenter

🐍

tordre

bergerie

recourber

adapter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pli.je/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plicāre. This produced Old French ploiier, pleier in Old French, which was later changed analogically under the influence of the stressed stem pli-.