Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.
- 2transitive verb
To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.
- 3transitive verb
To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid.
- 4noun
A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands.
- 5noun
A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.
- 6noun
A quick motion; a start.
- 7noun
A fancy; freak; caprice.
- 8intransitive verb
To start; to awake.
- 9transitive verb
Deceitful.
- 10noun
trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains
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- 11noun
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- 12verb
form or weave into a braid or braids
"braid hair"
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- 13verb
decorate with braids or ribbons
"braid a collar"
- 14verb
make by braiding or interlacing
"lace a tablecloth"
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