braid

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹeɪd/ Homophone: brayed Rhymes: -eɪd === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Alternative forms ==== brayde, breyde, broid (obsolete) ==== Verb ==== braid (third-person singular simple present braids, present participle braiding, simple past and past participle braided) (obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk. (archaic, intransitive) To start into motion. (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids. Synonyms: interlace, interthread, twine; see also Thesaurus:intertwine To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food. (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== braid (countable and uncountable, plural braids) (obsolete, countable) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. [11th–17th c.] A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.] 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. (obsolete) A caprice or outburst of passion or anger. (mathematics, topology) 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. (dialectal) A wicker guard for protecting newly grafted trees. (obsolete) A moment, stound. (obsolete) A turn of work, job. (obsolete) A trick; deception. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== bridle ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== braid (comparative more braid, superlative most braid) (obsolete) Crafty, deceitful. ==== Further reading ==== “braid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “braid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Category:Braids on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Etymology 2 === 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”).. ==== Alternative forms ==== brade, brad, bread, bred, breid, breyd ==== Noun ==== braid (plural braids) (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A shelf or board for holding objects. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A board to press curd for cheese. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A flat board attached to a beam, used for weighing. === Anagrams === Baird, Bardi, bidar, rabid == Gothic == === Romanization === braid romanization of 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳 == Irish == === Noun === braid f (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of brad === Mutation === == Middle English == === Noun === braid alternative form of breid