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Webster 1913 Edition

Braid

Braid

(brād)
,
Verb.
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.
bregða
, 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

,
Noun.
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

,
Noun.
[Cf.Icel.
breg[GREEK]a
to move quickly.]
1.
A quick motion; a start.
[Obs.]
Sackville.
2.
A fancy; freak; caprice.
[Obs.]
R. Hyrde.

Braid

Verb.
I.
To start; to awake.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Braid

,
Adj.
[AS.
bræd
,
bred
, deceit; akin to Icel.
bragð
trick, AS.
bredan
,
bregdan
, to braid, knit, (hence) to knit a net, to draw into a net, i. e., to deceive. See
Braid
,
Verb.
T.
]
Deceitful.
[Obs.]
Since Frenchmen are so
braid
,
Marry that will, I live and die a maid.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Braid

BRAID

,
Verb.
T.
[Old Eng. brede.]
1.
To weave or infold three or more strands to form one.
2.
To reproach. [See Upbraid.]

BRAID

,
Noun.
A string, cord or other texture, formed by weaving together different strands.
1.
A start.

Definition 2024

braid

braid

English

A braid

Alternative forms

  • brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹeɪd/
  • Homophone: brayed
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Verb

braid ‎(third-person singular simple present braids, present participle braiding, simple past braided, past participle braided or (obsolete) browden)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To start into motion.
  3. (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
    • Milton
      Braid your locks with rosy twine.
  4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  5. (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Translations

Noun

braid ‎(plural braids)

  1. (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. [11th-17thc.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.XII, ch.ii:
      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) […].
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sackville to this entry?)
  2. A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16thc.]
  3. A fancy; freak; caprice.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of R. Hyrde to this entry?)
Translations

External links

  • braid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • braid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • braid on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Adjective

braid ‎(comparative more braid, superlative most braid)

  1. (obsolete) deceitful
    • Shakespeare
      Since Frenchmen are so braid, / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

braid

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳

Irish

Noun

braid f

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of brad

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
braid bhraid mbraid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Middle English braiden, breiden, 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-Germanic *bregdaną ‎(“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- ‎(“to shine, shimmer”). Cognate with Scots brade, braid ‎(“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje ‎(“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien ‎(“to knit”), Low German breiden, Bavarian bretten ‎(“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða ‎(“to move quickly, jerk”).

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