braid
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braid¹
- /bɹeɪd/
Sounds like brayed · Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”).
Cognate with Scots Scots brade, Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) and Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”).
verb braids · braiding · braided · brayde · breyde
- To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
- To start into motion.
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To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
Braid your locks with rosy twine.
Similar: interlace, interthread, twine, betwine, braid, entwist, entwine, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, lace, lock
- To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
- To reproach; to upbraid. Great King, / Few loue to heare the ſinnes they loue to act, / T'would brayde your ſelfe too neare for me to tell it […]
noun braids · brayde · breyde · broid
- A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore)[…].
- A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
- A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together.
- A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.
- A caprice or outburst of passion or anger. Let the maide learne none uncleanly words, or wanton, or uncomely gesture and moving of the body, no not so much as when she is yet ignorant what shee doth, and innocent; for shee shall doe the same, when shee is growne bigger and of more discretion, […] And oftentimes such braides come uppon them a
- Given two sets of n points on corresponding positions on two parallel lines, a braid is a unique set of crossings (over or under) between n strands that connect each point on one line to a point on the other line such that all points represent the terminus of one and only one strand and the traversal of any strand from a starting point to an ending point never moves further away from the from the ending point. We introduce braids via their historical roots and uses, make connections with knot theory and present the mathematical theory of braids through the braid group.
- A wicker guard for protecting newly grafted trees.
- A moment, stound.
- A turn of work, job.
- A trick; deception.
adjective more braid · most braid · brayde · breyde · broid
- Crafty, deceitful. Since Frenchmen are so braid, / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.
braid²
- /bɹeɪd/
Sounds like brayed · Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle English brede, bræd, bred, from Old English bred (“board, plank, tablet, table”), from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą (“board, plank”), e-grade byform of *burdą (“board, plank”). Cognate with Scots bred, braid, brad (“board, plank, wooden tablet”), Saterland Frisian Brääd (“board, plank”), West Frisian bret (“board, plank”), Dutch bred, berd (“plank, table”), German Low German Bredd (“board, plank”), German Brett (“board, plank”), Danish bræt (“board, plank”)..
noun braids · brade · brad · bread · bred · breid
- A shelf or board for holding objects.
- A board to press curd for cheese.
- A flat board attached to a beam, used for weighing.
Braid³
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: twist, plait, tress, lace, pleach, gold braid, wavy, tie, queue, mag, lock, locket, shoelace, shoe, answer, piece
Translations
Every language
verb to intertwine
| Español | trenzar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 짜다 jjada |
| 日本語 | 編む amu |
| 中文 | 編織 /编织 biānzhī |
| Português | trançar, entrançar |
| Français | natter, tresser |
| Deutsch | flechten, verflechten |
| Italiano | intrecciare |
| Ελληνικά | πλέκω pléko |
| Română | împleti |
| Русский | плести́ plestí, сплести́ splestí, заплета́ть zapletátʹ, заплести́ zaplestí |
| العربية | ضَفَّرَ ḍaffara, ضَفَرَ ḍafara |
noun weave of three or more strands
| Español | trenza, simpa, cimpa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 組み紐 kumihimo |
| 中文 | 辮子 /辫子 biànzi |
| Português | trança |
| Français | tresse, natte |
| Deutsch | Zopf, Litze, geflochtenes Band |
| Italiano | treccia |
| Ελληνικά | πλεξίδα plexída, πλόκαμος plókamos |
| Română | împletitură |
| Русский | коса́ kosá, галу́н galún |
| العربية | جَدِيلَة jadīla, ضَفِيرَة ḍafīra |
| עברית | צַמָּה tzamá |
noun hairstyle
| Español | trenza, chape, simpa, cimpa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 땋은 머리 tta'eun meori |
| 日本語 | 三つ編み mitsuami |
| 中文 | 辮子 /辫子 biànzi |
| हिन्दी | चुटिया cuṭiyā |
| Português | trança |
| Français | natte, tresse |
| Deutsch | Zopf, Flechte |
| Italiano | treccia |
| Ελληνικά | πλεξίδα plexída |
| Română | cosiță, coadă, codiță |
| Русский | коса́ kosá, коси́чка kosíčka |
| Tiếng Việt | bím tóc |
| العربية | جَدِيلَة jadīla, ضَفِيرَة ḍafīra |
| עברית | צַמָּה |
noun tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal
| Deutsch | Geflecht, Abschirmgeflecht, Schutzgeflecht |
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title = {braid},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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