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braiding

/ˈbɹeɪdɪŋ/

braiding is the present participle and gerund of braid.

Meaning of braid

Verb

braid (third-person singular simple present braids, present participle braiding, simple past and past participle braided)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To start into motion.
  3. (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
    • Braid your locks with rosy twine.1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC
  4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  5. (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
    • Great King, / Few loue to heare the ſinnes they loue to act, / T'would brayde your ſelfe too neare for me to tell it […]c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...

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Noun

braiding (plural braidings)

  1. A braided trimming used as decoration on clothes or curtains.

Forms of braiding

pluralbraidings

Origin of braiding

From Middle English breydynge; equivalent to braid + -ing.

Phrases with braiding

Words that rhyme with braiding

Questions about braiding

What does braiding mean?
Braiding means a braided trimming used as decoration on clothes or curtains.
What is braiding the present participle and gerund of?
Braiding is the present participle and gerund of braid.
What part of speech is braiding?
Braiding is a noun.
How do you pronounce braiding?
Braiding is pronounced /ˈbɹeɪdɪŋ/.
What is the plural of braiding?
The plural of braiding is braidings.

Words near braiding in the dictionary

  1. braiders
  2. braidest
  3. braideth
  4. braidhawk
  5. braidhawks
  6. braiding
  7. braidings
  8. Braidism
  9. Braidist
  10. Braidists
  11. braidlike

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