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embraiding

embraiding is the present participle and gerund of embraid.

Meaning of embraid

Verb

embraid (third-person singular simple present embraids, present participle embraiding, simple past and past participle embraided)

  1. (transitive) To braid up, to plait.
    • embraided hair
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To tell off; to reprimand
    • Minutius , who embraided him with cowardice1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    upbraid

Questions about embraiding

What is embraiding the present participle and gerund of?
Embraiding is the present participle and gerund of embraid.

Words near embraiding in the dictionary

  1. embracings
  2. embracive
  3. Embraer
  4. embraid
  5. embraided
  6. embraiding
  7. embraids
  8. embrained
  9. embramine
  10. embranchment
  11. embranchments

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