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▸ verb: (archaic, intransitive) To start into motion.
▸ verb: (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
▸ verb: To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
▸ noun: (obsolete, countable) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
▸ noun: A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
▸ noun: A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together.
▸ noun: A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A caprice or outburst of passion or anger.
▸ noun: (mathematics, topology) Given two sets of n points on corresponding positions on two parallel lines, a braid is a unique set of crossings (over or under) between n strands that connect each point on one line to a point on the other line such that all points represent the terminus of one and only one strand and the traversal of any strand from a starting point to an ending point never moves further away from the from the ending point.
▸ noun: (dialectal) A wicker guard for protecting newly grafted trees.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A moment, stound.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A turn of work, job.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A trick; deception.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Crafty, deceitful.
▸ noun: (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A shelf or board for holding objects.
▸ noun: (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A board to press curd for cheese.
▸ noun: (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A flat board attached to a beam, used for weighing.
▸ noun: A surname.
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fishtail braid,
french braid,
dutch braid,
waterfall braid,
rope braid,
twist braid,
crown braid,
milkmaid braid,
box braid,
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