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Antonyms for braid

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : breyd
Phonetic Transcription : breɪd

Definition 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

Synonyms for braid

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