Definitions for braid

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braid braid

Spelling: [breyd]

IPA: /breɪd/

Braid is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in braid (abdir).

Definitions for braid

noun

1. a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
2. a hair style formed by interweaving three or more strands of hair.
3. a narrow, ropelike band formed by plaiting or weaving together several strands of silk, cotton, or other material, used as trimming for garments, drapery, etc.
4. a band, ribbon, etc., for binding or confining the hair.

verb (used with object)

1. to weave together strips or strands of; plait:
2. to form by such weaving:
3. to bind or confine (the hair) with a band, ribbon, etc.
4. to trim with braid, as a garment.

Origin of braid

before 950; Middle English braiden, breiden (v.), Old English bregdan to move quickly, move to and fro, weave; cognate with Old Norse bregtha, Dutch breien

Examples for braid

Boys let me know they liked me, too, and I realized that I looked good, tall and slim, my long hair in a braid down my back.

She did not braid her hair, but let it hang over her shoulders.

She had put her own hair down into a braid to be like the girl Dinney had told of.

And I long to see once more my favourite haunt, the Hermitage of braid.

(9 p.m.) WEDNESDAY braid Paisley and Carrie Underwood host the 42nd annual CMA Awards on ABC.

They attire themselves with care, they braid the garland, and they tune the pipe.

Call her a Harvest Hamper, and braid her lovely locks with strings of onions!

I think, on the whole, I shan't be obliged to learn to braid straw.

As suggested in the title, the set may be made of point or Battenburg braid.

I wish to see some buttons, some braid, and—oh, ever so many things.