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braid

  [breyd]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to weave together strips or strands of; plait: to braid the hair.
2. to form by such weaving: to braid a rope.
3. to bind or confine (the hair) with a band, ribbon, etc.
4. to trim with braid, as a garment.
–noun
5. a braided length or plait, esp. of hair.
6. a hair style formed by interweaving three or more strands of hair.
7. a narrow, ropelike band formed by plaiting or weaving together several strands of silk, cotton, or other material, used as trimming for garments, drapery, etc.
8. a band, ribbon, etc., for binding or confining the hair.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME braiden, breiden (v.), OE bregdan to move quickly, move to and fro, weave; c. ON bregtha, D breien

Related forms:
braider, noun
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braid   (brād)   
v.   braid·ed, braid·ing, braids

v.   tr.
    1. To interweave three or more strands, strips, or lengths of in a diagonally overlapping pattern: braided the rags into a strong rope.
    2. To create (something) by such interweaving: braid a rug.
    3. To style (the hair) by such interweaving.
    4. To mingle (discrete elements, for example) as if by such interweaving: braided the ideas into a complex thesis.
  2. To decorate or edge (something) with a trim of interwoven strands: finished the jacket by braiding the collar and cuffs.
  3. To fasten or decorate (hair) with a band or ribbon.
v.   intr.
To flow, twist, or wind as if interwoven: a stream braiding through the woods.
n.  
  1. A braided segment or length, as of hair, fabric, or fiber.
  2. Ornamental cord or ribbon, used especially for decorating or edging fabrics.
  3. A ribbon or band used to fasten the hair.
  4. Slang Naval officers of high rank.

[Middle English braiden, from Old English bregdan, to weave.]
braid'er n.
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Braid

Braid\ (br[=a]d), v. t. [imp. &. p. p. Braided; p. pr. & vb. n. Braiding.] [OE. braiden, breiden, to pull, reach, braid, AS. bregdan to move to and fro, to weave; akin. to Icel. breg[eth]a, D. breiden to knit, OS. bregdan to weave, OHG. brettan to brandish. Cf. Broid.]

1. To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.

Braid your locks with rosy twine. --Milton.

2. To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.

3. To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid. --Shak.

Braid

Braid\, n. 1. A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands.

A braid of hair composed of two different colors twined together. --Scott.

2. A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.

Braid

Braid\, n. [Cf.Icel. breg?a to move quickly.]

1. A quick motion; a start. [Obs.] --Sackville.

2. A fancy; freak; caprice. [Obs.] --R. Hyrde.

Braid

Braid\ v. i. To start; to awake. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Braid

Braid\, a. [AS. br[ae]d, bred, deceit; akin to Icel. brag[eth] trick, AS. bredan, bregdan, to braid, knit, (hence) to knit a net, to draw into a net, i. e., to deceive. See Braid, v. t.] Deceitful. [Obs.]

Since Frenchmen are so braid, Marry that will, I live and die a maid. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : braid
Spanish: trenzar,
German: flechten,
Japanese: 編む
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braid 
c.1205, breidan "to dart, twist, pull," from O.E. bregdan "to move quickly" (class III strong verb, past tense brægd, past participle brogden), from P.Gmc. *bregthan "make sudden jerky movements from side to side" (cf. O.N. bregða "to brandish, turn about, braid;" O.S. bregdan "to weave;" Du. breien "to knit;" O.H.G. brettan "to draw, weave, braid"), from PIE base *bherek- "to gleam, flash." The broader word survives only in the narrow definition of "plaiting hair," which was in O.E. The noun meaning "anything plaited or entwined" (especially hair) is from 1530.
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