braid

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , from , from ,.

Cognate with Scots 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, Dutch, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
 * 2)  To start into motion.
 * 3)  To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
 * 4) To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
 * 5)  To reproach; to upbraid.
 * 1)  To reproach; to upbraid.

Derived terms
braille|French-braid|umbraid|upbraid}}

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ضَفَّرَ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: mpiltescu
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: ишеү, үреү
 * Belarusian: пле́сці, спле́сці
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: plést
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, encadillar, emperequitar
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πλέκω
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: palmikoija
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian: peit
 * Latin: plectō
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: pinti
 * Macedonian: испреплетува, плете
 * Maltese: dafar
 * Mongolian:, ᠰᠦᠯᠵᠢᠬᠦ
 * Navajo: yibizh
 * Norman: tresser
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: плести
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: simp'ay
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: плѐсти
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: zapletať, pliesť
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: plasć
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: плести́


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:

Noun

 * 1)  A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
 * 2) A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
 * 3) A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together.
 * 4) A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.
 * 5)  A caprice or outburst of passion or anger.
 * 6)  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.
 * 7)  A wicker guard for protecting newly grafted trees.
 * 8)  A moment, stound.
 * 9)  A turn of work, job.
 * 10)  A trick; deception.
 * 1)  A wicker guard for protecting newly grafted trees.
 * 2)  A moment, stound.
 * 3)  A turn of work, job.
 * 4)  A trick; deception.
 * 1)  A turn of work, job.
 * 2)  A trick; deception.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: rykk
 * French:
 * German:


 * Arabic: جَدِيلَة, ضَفِيرَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: ضفيرة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: толом
 * Bulgarian: плитка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: crencha, trinca, arello, cadrelo, baderna, réstea
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , geflochtenes Band
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 組み紐
 * Latvian: pīne
 * Macedonian: плетенка, плетеница
 * Norman: tresse
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: گیس بافت,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: simp'a,, pillta
 * Romani: chunra
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , , , , кика, плетеница
 * Slovene:, pletenica
 * Spanish:
 * Sudovian: pīne
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Walloon:
 * Yiddish: צאָפּ


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: جَدِيلَة, ضَفِيرَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: ضفيرة
 * North Levantine Arabic: جدوله
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: толом
 * Belarusian: каса́
 * Bulgarian: пли́тка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, pletenec
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: crencha, trinca, arello, cadrelo, carapicho
 * Georgian: ნაწნავი
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πλέγμα
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: fléttur,
 * Ingrian: kassa, letti, palmikko
 * Ingush: кӏеж
 * Irish: trilseán, cleacht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: бұрым
 * Korean: 땋은 머리
 * Latvian: bize
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: плетенка
 * Norman: tresse
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: simp'a
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:, , , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: dual
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: плетеница
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: pletenec, vrkoč
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: кокул
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Udmurt: йырси пунэт
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: bím tóc


 * French:
 * German:


 * German:, Abschirmgeflecht, Schutzgeflecht

Adjective

 * 1)  Crafty, deceitful.

Etymology 2
From, , , from , from , from , e-grade byform of. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A shelf or board for holding objects.
 * 2)  A board to press curd for cheese.
 * 3)  A flat board attached to a beam, used for weighing.