braid

CEFRC1

/bɹeɪd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Hair or material woven into a pattern.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To start into motion.

Examples

  • Mom, I want you to braid my hair.

  • The girl's father put her hair in a braid.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.

  2. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.

More examples

In context

  • Braid your locks with rosy twine.

  • Great King, / Few loue to heare the ſinnes they loue to act, / T'would brayde your ſelfe too neare for me to tell it […]

  • Since Frenchmen are so braid, / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

Synonyms

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She learned how to blank her hair into a neat three-strand style.

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Origin

noun

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, tw...