n.
Pronunciation: ' br ā d
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English breyden to move suddenly, snatch, plait, from Old English bregdan; akin to Old High German brettan to draw (a sword)
Date: before 12th century
1 a : to make from braids < braid a rug> b : to form (three or more strands) into a braid
2 : to do up (the hair) by interweaving three or more strands
3 : MIX , INTERMINGLE < braid fact with fiction>
4 : to ornament especially with ribbon or braid
– braid · er noun