brad
A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head,…A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
» Brad Pitt is an actor.
Brad Pitt ist ein Schauspieler.
Brad Pitt ist Schauspieler.
Брэд Питт — актёр.
Бред Пітт - актор.
Meaning
3 sensesA thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
(US)A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
A binary radian.
- a small nail
Examples
12 sentencesBrad Pitt is an actor.
Бред Пітт - актор.
ruБрэд Питт — актёр.
deBrad Pitt ist ein Schauspieler.
Brad doesn't know as many people here as me.
Brad is an astronomer.
Brad had been a high-flyer since his middle school years, excelling in every subject area.
Tom says he wants to be like Brad Pitt.
Origin
Late Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), fromLate Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (compare Old English brord, Old High German brort), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos (compare Welsh brath (“sting, prick”), Albanian bredh (“fir-tree”), Lithuanian bruzdùklis (“bridle”), Czech brzda (“brake”). Doublet of prod.
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