Braid Definition

brād

braided, braiding, braids

verb

braided, braiding, braids

To interweave three or more strands of (hair, straw, etc.)

Webster's New World

To make by such interweaving.

To braid a rug.

Webster's New World

To create (something) by such interweaving.

Braid a rug.

American Heritage

To arrange (the hair) in a braid or braids.

Webster's New World

To mingle (discrete elements, for example) as if by such interweaving.

Braided the ideas into a complex thesis.

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noun

braids

A band or strip formed by braiding.

Webster's New World

A length of braided hair.

Webster's New World

Ornamental cord or ribbon, used especially for decorating or edging fabrics.

American Heritage

A woven band of cloth, tape, ribbon, etc., used to bind or decorate clothing.

Webster's New World

Naval officers of high rank.

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adjective

(obsolete) Deceitful.

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Other Word Forms of Braid

Singular:

braid

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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”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English braiden from Old English bregdan to weave

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition