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braid

breɪd
WordNet
Fragment of red side lamp with a geometric braid pattern in blue, white, yellow and gold.
Fragment of red side lamp with a geometric braid pattern in blue, white, yellow and gold.
  1. (v) braid
    form or weave into a braid or braids "braid hair"
  2. (v) braid
    decorate with braids or ribbons "braid a collar"
  3. (v) braid
    make by braiding or interlacing "lace a tablecloth"
  4. (n) braid
    trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains
  5. (n) braid
    a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
Illustrations
Symmetrical arabesques with leaves and braid.
Symmetrical arabesques with leaves and braid.
Tablecloth of rusty brown silk plush, finished with orange, white and yellow striped braid. Lined with siena-colored twill silk.
Tablecloth of rusty brown silk plush, finished with orange, white and yellow striped braid. Lined with siena-colored twill silk.
Box for writing utensils made of wood with black lacquer ground, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and braided brass wire. The box has an extendable drawer on the right side. The decoration consists of lotus tendrils.
Box for writing utensils made of wood with black lacquer ground, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and braided brass wire. The box has an extendable drawer on the right side. The decoration consists of lotus tendrils.
Three women in a park. Left: Blue cashmere 'toilette' decorated with matching wool braids. Middle: 'toilette' of beige woven silk, velvet and faille. Right: 'toilette' of green pressed / printed velvet with floral motif and green silk. Hat with bird's head and feathers. Below the presentation a few lines of advertising text for different products. Print from the fashion magazine Revue de la Mode (1872-1913). Detailed description of the clothing on page 83 "PLANCHE COLORIÉE".
Three women in a park. Left: Blue cashmere 'toilette' decorated with matching wool braids. Middle: 'toilette' of beige woven silk, velvet and faille. Right: 'toilette' of green pressed / printed velvet with floral motif and green silk. Hat with bird's head and feathers. Below the presentation a few lines of advertising text for different products. Print from the fashion magazine Revue de la Mode (1872-1913). Detailed description of the clothing on page 83 "PLANCHE COLORIÉE".
Antique sculpture known as the Farnese Bull. Brothers Amphion and Zethus tie Dirce's braided hair to the horns of a bull. Three columns of Latin text in the bottom margin.
Antique sculpture known as the Farnese Bull. Brothers Amphion and Zethus tie Dirce's braided hair to the horns of a bull. Three columns of Latin text in the bottom margin.
Half-figure of a woman with folded hands. Her braids lie over a reticulated cap. Over a long-sleeved shirt, a dress with a rectangular neckline, fringed puffed sleeves and flared under sleeves.
Half-figure of a woman, from an organ case from the St. Vitus Church in Naarden
Studio portrait of a woman on a chair. The woman wears braids, jewelery and a headdress, she also wears puffed trousers with stripes.
Studio portrait of a woman on a chair. The woman wears braids, jewelery and a headdress, she also wears puffed trousers with stripes.
Sheet with 8 depictions of life in Japan, including silk weaving, hair braiding and sailing in a boat. A caption below each image. Numbered top right: No. 92.
Sheet with 8 depictions of life in Japan, including silk weaving, hair braiding and sailing in a boat. A caption below each image. Numbered top right: No. 92.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Braid
    A fancy; freak; caprice.
  2. Braid
    A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.
  3. Braid
    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."
  4. Braid
    A quick motion; a start.
  5. Braid
    To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.
  6. Braid
    To reproach. Obs See Upbraid.
  7. Braid
    To start; to awake.
  8. Braid
    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."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. braid
    To take, draw, pull, or snatch quickly; reach; throw; cast; brandish.
  2. braid
    To weave by passing three or more strands, strips, or lines of over and under each other alternately; plait; interlace: as, to braid the hair, straw, tape, etc.
  3. braid
    To form by braiding; interweave the material of in strands or strips: as, to braid a straw hat or a rug.
  4. braid
    In domestic econ., to beat and blend, as soft substances, particularly to press them with a spoon through a sieve.
  5. braid
    To upbraid; reproach.
  6. braid
    To move quickly; start; rush.
  7. braid
    To start suddenly (out of sleep); awake.
  8. braid
    To nauseate; desire to vomit.
  9. braid
    To be like; resemble in appearance or character.
  10. (n) braid
    A quick motion; a start.
  11. (n) braid
    A moment.
  12. (n) braid
    A turn (of work); a job.
  13. (n) braid
    A trick; deception.
  14. (n) braid
    Any plaited band or fillet. Specifically— A plaited band of hair, whether twined around the head or hanging behind.
  15. (n) braid
    A wicker guard for protecting trees newly grafted.
  16. braid
    Deceitful; crafty.
  17. braid
    Broad.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.t) Braid
    brād to plait or entwine
  2. (n) Braid
    cord, or other texture made by plaiting
  3. (adj) Braid
    brād (Shak.) dissembling, deceitful.
  4. (v.t) Braid
    brād (Shak.) to upbraid, to reproach.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 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

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Prob. from Abraid, or Braid (1).

Usage in the news

For example, Ida's friend Katya begins the book with a tiny imaginary friend that swings on her braids. blog.schoollibraryjournal.com

Scarlet lips, sultry eyes, and a messy-but-not braid are all you need to master this sexy, date-night look. elle.com

Hair How-to: Braided Ponytail Dream Weaver. shape.com

His hair is a crop circle of braids. laweekly.com

Rhinestone hair jewels add a finishing touch to the fishtail braid Catonsville High School sophomore Bridget Nilsen chose for her junior prom hair updo at Hair M in Catonsville May 5. baltimoresun.com

If I understand the terms correctly, romal /rommel reins are a round braided rawhide rein. chronofhorse.com

If I understand the terms correctly, romal/ rommel reins are a round braided rawhide rein. chronofhorse.com

With a debut album as fresh as morning dew, Braids entangle ears nationwide with their purposeful patterns of experimental rock. okgazette.com

Famous Galfer GREEN pads, and a steel-braided brake line. dirtrider.com

Pyramid Pizza's slices come with a braided crust that goes well with honey. kansascity.com

This is why Sikh men wear turbans and why Sikh women braid their hair or wear it up. bez.org

Parents Snip Braid Compromise in Follicle Fight. nbcsandiego.com

In the 1990s, slurry-sealing trends moved strongly from braided packing toward single-type heavy-duty mechanical seals. chemicalprocessing.com

The star of The Wild Thornberrys Movie has the carrot-colored braids of Pippi Longstocking and the fearless dedication to animals of a young Jane Goodall. usatoday.com

Domestic braided rug manufacturer Thorndike Mills — a division of TMI Industries — has launched a new website that the company said makes it easier for retailers to work with the mill. hometextilestoday.com

Usage in scientific papers

Recall that graphically, to each word of B3 correspond a particular three–strand braid, going from above downwards. (see Fig.1). A closed braid is obtained by gluing the ”top” and ”bottom” free ends on a cylinder.
Random walks on hyperbolic groups and their Riemann surfaces

However the correspondence between braids and knots (links) is not one–to–one and each link (knot) can be represented by infinite number of different braids (see [8,9]).
Random walks on hyperbolic groups and their Riemann surfaces

We study random walks on the three-strand braid group B3 , and in particular compute the drift, or average topological complexity of a random braid, as well as the probability of trivial entanglement.
Random walks on the braid group B_3 and magnetic translations in hyperbolic geometry

These elements of the braid group, the half-twists, are important in themselves, as they are the key players in some geometrical and algebraical methods, the building blocks of quasipositive braids and they construct endless sets of generators for the group.
Identifying Half-Twists Using Randomized Algorithm Methods

These algorithms perform manipulation over braid words, and we will use a combination of them in our random method for determining if an element of the braid group is a half-twist or not.
Identifying Half-Twists Using Randomized Algorithm Methods

Usage in literature

Do you suppose they use skirt braid? "Patty's Friends" by Carolyn Wells

She wore a kimono, and her hair was in a long braid down her back. "Patty's Summer Days" by Carolyn Wells

She took down her hair and braided it into a long pigtail; then she put on a comfortable kimono and sat down to work. "Patty's Success" by Carolyn Wells

Her dark calico clung around her slim little body, and the white string that tied her braid was in evidence. "The Opened Shutters" by Clara Louise Burnham

This man was about forty, small, and wearing a brown cloth coat, braided and trimmed with Astrachan. "The Son of Monte Christo" by Jules Lermina

She thumped her cane on the braided rug. "Fairy Prince and Other Stories" by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Open braids are very beautiful when made of dark hair; they are also becoming to light-haired persons. "How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits" by Samuel R Wells

A captain marched in front of the company of fox-soldiers, his uniform embroidered with gold braid to make it handsomer than the others. "The Road to Oz" by L. Frank Baum

What a deal of gold braid! "Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates" by Howard I. Pyle

All he could see was the cheek and chin, the tall, slender figure and the long braid of hair. "Hester's Counterpart" by Jean K. Baird

Usage in poetry
I gather motley flowers
And braid, braid a garland,
Sharp spears fall
At your victorious feet.
"I Gather Motley Flowers" by Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin Author object (497)
O moan not! I would give this braid—
Thy father’s gift to me—
For but a single palmful
Of water now for thee.
"An Aboriginal Mother's Lament: Early Version" by Charles Harpur
How therefore could she help but braid
The gold into my hair,
And dream that I should carry
The golden top of care?
"A Song From 'The Player Queen'" by William Butler Yeats Author object (694)
O moan not! I would give this braid—
Thy father’s gift to me—
For but a single palmful
Of water now for thee.
"An Aboriginal Mother's Lament: Early Version" by Charles Harpur
But because you braid your hair and taste like
honey of heaven
We go together into town to buy wine and
yellow candles.
"We Go Out Together In the Staring Town" by Kenneth Patchen
But not a sweeter fresher maid
Than this in homely cotton,
Whose pleasant face and silky braid
I have not yet forgotten.
"A Farm Walk" by Christina Georgina Rossetti Author object (113)