braid

Significado (English)

Noun

1. A shelf or board for holding objects.
2. A board to press curd for cheese.
3. A flat board attached to a beam, used for weighing.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
2. To start into motion.
3. To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, 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) To reproach; to upbraid.

Adj

Crafty, deceitful.

Synonyms

plait

weave

twine

pigtail

queue

lace

twist

wreathe

knit

tress

intertwine

entwine

galloon

interlace

wattle

tie

knot

🪢

cord

hairstyle

band

braiding

braids

crochet

hairdresser

interweave

plat

pleach

raddle

ribbon

🎀

splice

strand

string

🪢

tape

thread

🧵

tinsel

gold braid

twist together

pleat

plexus

ponytail

pony tail

purl

enlace

become tangled

nagel wing

ringlet

rope

🪢

ruddle

single

weave together

plaited cord

laniard

tangled

ribbon band

metallic thread

do up

image strip

do one’s hair

cue

criss-cross

coil

bunch

brandish

join

knitting

interlock

interlacing

lacing

lanyard

b

b

gimp

plaits

plash

B

B

braid of hair

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/bɹeɪd/

Etimoloxía (English)

Inherited from Middle English: brede

Inherited from Old English: bred

Cognate with escocés: bred

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: Brääd

Cognate with frisón occidental: bret

Cognate with neerlandés: bred

Cognate with alemán: Brett

In summary

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”).