BRAID


Meaning of BRAID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ breɪd ]

( braids, braiding, braided)

1.

Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.

...a plum-coloured uniform with lots of gold braid.

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2.

If you braid hair or a group of threads, you twist three or more lengths of the hair or threads over and under each other to make one thick length. ( AM; in BRIT, use plait )

She had almost finished braiding Louisa’s hair...

He pictured her with long black braided hair.

VERB : V n , V-ed

3.

A braid is a length of hair which has been divided into three or more lengths and then braided. ( AM; in BRIT, use plait )

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