Synonyms for braid

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : breyd

Phonetic Transcription : breɪd

Top 10 synonyms for braid

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Définition of braid

Origin : "to plait, knit, weave, twist together," c.1200, breidan, from Old English bregdan "to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (in wrestling), draw (a sword); bend, weave, knit, join together; change color, vary; scheme, feign, pretend" (class III strong verb, past tense brægd, past participle brogden), from Proto-Germanic *bregthan "make sudden jerky movements from side to side" (cf. Old Norse bregða "to brandish, turn about, braid;" Old Saxon bregdan "to weave;" Dutch breien "to knit;" Old High German brettan "to draw, weave, braid"), from PIE root *bherek- "to gleam, flash" (cf. Sanskrit bhrasate "flames, blazes, shines"). In English the verb survives only in the narrow definition of "plait hair." Related: Braided; braiding.

noun interwoven hair style
verb interweave

Example sentences :

I think, on the whole, I shan't be obliged to learn to braid straw.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

She did not braid her hair, but let it hang over her shoulders.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Call her a Harvest Hamper, and braid her lovely locks with strings of onions!
Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards

She had put her own hair down into a braid to be like the girl Dinney had told of.
Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

They attire themselves with care, they braid the garland, and they tune the pipe.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

I wish to see some buttons, some braid, and—oh, ever so many things.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

As suggested in the title, the set may be made of point or Battenburg braid.
Extract from : « The Art of Modern Lace Making » by The Butterick Publishing Co.

And I long to see once more my favourite haunt, the Hermitage of Braid.
Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

Gradually they all left, except his true friend Fairley of Braid.
Extract from : « John Knox » by A. Taylor Innes

You braid it just like we braid the daisy stems and the dandelion stems in the fields.
Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers

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