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Webster 1913 Edition

Brad

Brad

,
Noun.
[Cf. OE.
brod
, Dan.
braad
prick, sting,
brodde
ice spur, frost nail, Sw.
brodd
frost nail, Icel.
broddr
any pointed piece of iron or stell; akin to AS.
brord
point, spire of grass, and perh. to E.
bristle
. See
Bristle
,
Noun.
]
A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brad

BRAD

, in Sax., is broad, and occurs in names; as in Bradford, broadford.

BRAD

,
Noun.
A particular kind of nail,used in floors and other work, where it is deemed proper to drive nails entirely into the wood. For this purpose, it is made without a broad head or shoulder over the shank.

Definition 2024

bråd

bråd

See also: brad, braad, and Brad

Swedish

Adjective

bråd (comparative brådare, superlative brådast)

  1. sudden, fast, busy, full of hurry
    ond, bråd död
    evil and sudden death (i.e. a murder)
    bråda dagar
    busy days

Declension

Inflection of bråd
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bråd brådare brådast
Neuter singular brått brådare brådast
Plural bråda brådare brådast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bråde brådare brådaste
All bråda brådare brådaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

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Etymology

From Old Norse bráðr ‎(“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz ‎(“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- ‎(“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‎(“to seethe, toss about, cook”).

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