Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dance movement in which the knees are bent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, same as
close : said of a bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ballet A smooth and
continuous bending of theknees
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from past participle of plier, to fold, bend, from Old French; see pliant.]
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Borrowing from French plié.
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