Meaning

  1. (transitive) 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. (figuratively) to kill, kill off (a game)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pli.je/
Etymology

In summary

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-.

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