braid

braid is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.
2. transitive verb. To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.
3. transitive verb. To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid.
4. noun. A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands.
5. noun. A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.
6. noun. A quick motion; a start.
7. noun. A fancy; freak; caprice.
8. intransitive verb. To start; to awake.
9. transitive verb. Deceitful.
10. noun. trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

    Synonyms: braiding

11. noun. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

    Synonyms: plait, tress, twist

12. verb. form or weave into a braid or braids

    "braid hair"

    Synonyms: pleach

13. verb. decorate with braids or ribbons

    "braid a collar"

14. verb. make by braiding or interlacing

    "lace a tablecloth"

    Synonyms: lace, plait

Synonyms

braiding, plait, tress, twist, pleach, lace

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in braid:

barid, bidar, rabid

Common word forms

braids, braided, braider, braiding

Words from these letters

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