<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a braid, especially of hair or straw.</li><li>a pleat or fold, as of cloth.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to braid, as hair or straw.</li><li>to make, as a mat, by braiding.</li><li>to pleat.</li></ul>