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English

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A braid

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishbraiden,breided,bræiden, fromOld Englishbreġdan(“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”), fromProto-West Germanic*bregdan, fromProto-Germanic*bregdaną(“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰrēḱ-,*bʰrēǵ-(“to shine, shimmer”).

Cognate with ScotsScotsbrade,Scotsbraid(“to move quickly or suddenly”),Saterland Frisianbraidje(“to knit”),West Frisianbreidzje, Dutchbreien(“to knit”),Low Germanbreiden,Germanbreiden,Bavarianbretten(“to move quickly, twitch”),Icelandicbregða(“to move quickly, jerk”),Faroesebregða(“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) andFaroesebregda(“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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braid (third-person singular simple presentbraids,present participlebraiding,simple past and past participlebraided)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, tojerk.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) Tostart into motion.
  3. (transitive) To weave together,intertwine (strands offibers,ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
  4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  5. (obsolete) Toreproach; toupbraid.
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Translations
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to intertwine
to mix by beating, rubbing etc.

Noun

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braid (countable anduncountable,pluralbraids)

  1. (obsolete, countable) A suddenmovement; ajerk, awrench.[11th–17th c.]
    • 1470–1485 (date produced),Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ii”, in[Le Morte Darthur], book XII, [London: […] byWilliam Caxton], published31 July 1485,→OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor,Le Morte Darthur […], London:David Nutt, […],1889,→OCLC:
      And than in abrayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore) […].
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1561,Thomas Sackville,Ferrex and Porrex‎[1], act IV, scene ii, lines1274–7:
      He fixt vpon my face, which to my death / Will neuer part fro me, when with abraide / A deepe fet sigh he gaue, and therewithall / Clasping his handes, to heauen he cast his sight.
  2. A weave of three or more strands offibers,ribbons,cords orhair often for decoration.[from 16th c.]
    • 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach,Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page154:
      The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons,braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
  3. A strandedwire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together.
  4. A tubularsheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable forshielding againstelectromagneticinterference.
  5. (obsolete) Acaprice oroutburst of passion or anger.
    • 1540, Juan Luis Vives, chapter 2, in Richard Hyrde, transl.,Instruction of a Christian Woman:
      Let the maide learne none uncleanly words, or wanton, or uncomely gesture and moving of the body, no not so much as when she is yet ignorant what shee doth, and innocent; for shee shall doe the same, when shee is growne bigger and of more discretion,[…] And oftentimes suchbraides come uppon them against their will.
  6. (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.
    • 2009, Mitchell A. Berger, Louis H. Kauffman, Renzo L. Ricca,Lectures on Topological Fluid Mechanics, page 1:
      We introducebraids via their historical roots and uses, make connections with knot theory and present the mathematical theory ofbraids through the braid group.
    • 2012, A. T. Skjeltorp, Tamas Vicsek,Complexity from Microscopic to Macroscopic Scales, page144:
      In order to characterise the structure and complexity of abraid different numbers or topological invariants can be calculated.
  7. (dialectal) Awickerguard for protecting newly graftedtrees.
  8. (obsolete) Amoment,stound.
  9. (obsolete) A turn ofwork,job.
  10. (obsolete) Atrick;deception.
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Translations
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sudden movement
weave of three or more strands
hairstyle
stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires
tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal

Adjective

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braid (comparativemorebraid,superlativemostbraid)

  1. (obsolete)Crafty,deceitful.

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishbrede,bræd,bred, fromOld Englishbred(“board, plank, tablet, table”), fromProto-West Germanic*bred, fromProto-Germanic*bredą(“board, plank”), e-grade byform of*burdą(“board, plank”). Cognate withScotsbred,braid,brad(“board, plank, wooden tablet”),Saterland FrisianBrääd(“board, plank”),West Frisianbret(“board, plank”),Dutchbred,berd(“plank, table”),German Low GermanBredd(“board, plank”),GermanBrett(“board, plank”),Danishbræt(“board, plank”)..

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Noun

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braid (pluralbraids)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Ashelf orboard for holding objects.
  2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A board to presscurd forcheese.
  3. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Aflat board attached to a beam, used forweighing.

Anagrams

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Gothic

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Romanization

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braid

  1. Romanization of𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳

Irish

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Noun

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braid f

  1. (archaic, dialectal)dativesingular ofbrad

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofbraid
radicallenitioneclipsis
braidbhraidmbraid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

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Noun

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braid

  1. Alternative form ofbreid
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