abraid
To wrench outTo wrench (something) out.
Meaning
6 senses(obsolete, transitive)To wrench (something) out.
(obsolete, transitive)To unsheathe a blade, draw a weapon.
(intransitive, obsolete)To wake up.
(archaic, intransitive)To spring, start, make a sudden movement.
(intransitive, obsolete, transitive)To shout out.
(obsolete, transitive)To rise in the stomach with nausea.
Origin
From Middle English abraiden, abreiden (“to start up, awake, move, reproach”), from Old EnFrom Middle English abraiden, abreiden (“to start up, awake, move, reproach”), from Old English ābreġdan (“to move quickly, vibrate, draw, draw from, remove, unsheath, wrench, pull out, withdraw, take away, draw back, free from, draw up, raise, lift up, start up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *bregdaną (“to move, swing”), of uncertain further origin. Equivalent to a- + braid. Related to Dutch breien (“to knit”), German bretten (“to knit”).
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Forms
abraids, abraiding, abraided, abraidedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle