Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.

    flechten, verflechten

    плести́plestí, сплести́splestí, заплета́тьzapletátʹ

    плести́plestý

    decorate with braids or ribbons

  2. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.

    zerreiben

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.

    make by braiding or interlacing

  4. (archaic, intransitive)To start into motion.

  5. (obsolete)To reproach; to upbraid.

Examples

50 sentences

  1. Tom has braided his beard.

    Том заплів свою бороду у косу. — oromashka

    ruТом заплёл свою бороду в косичку. — Selena777

    deTom hat sich den Bart geflochten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom braided Mary's hair for her.

    Том заплів Марії волосся. — Ahha

    deTom flocht Maria die Haare. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Who braids your hair for you?

    deWer flicht dir die Haare? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Let me braid your hair for you.

    ruДавай я заплету тебе косу. — sharptoothed

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  5. Would you like me to braid your hair?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to intertwine:
Русский
By meaning 1
to intertwine:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to intertwine:
to mix by beating, rubbing etc.:

Origin

From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly,

From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”).

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Forms

braids, braiding, braided, braided
Base formbraid · to braid
3rd person singularbraids
Present participlebraiding
Past simplebraided
Past participlebraided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybraid
he, she, itbraids

Past simpleLesson

all personsbraided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave braided
he, she, ithas braided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill braid

Synonyms

17 synonyms
interweaveC2lockB1twistB1interlaceinterthreadtwinebetwineentwistentwineintertwineintertwistlaceraddleruddle
Close in meaning
  • form or weave into a braid or braids:pleach
  • make by braiding or interlacing:laceplait

Antonyms

1 antonyms
unbraid

Word family

9 related words
Derivedabraidbraidablebraiderbrailleembraidrebraidumbraidunbraidupbraid

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bragB2braggartbraillebrainA1
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