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brairds

brairds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of braird.

Meaning of braird

Verb

braird (third-person singular simple present brairds, present participle brairding, simple past and past participle brairded)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) Of grass or crops: to show their first shoots above ground.
    • Turnips—A very middling crop all over; brairded well, but too dry; […]1912, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Prize-essays and Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 325

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Questions about brairds

What is brairds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Brairds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of braird.

Words near brairds in the dictionary

  1. brainwriting
  2. brainy
  3. braird
  4. brairded
  5. brairding
  6. brairds
  7. braireau
  8. brairo
  9. braise
  10. braised
  11. braiser

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