braid — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.

   Uso

   • obsoleto
   • transitivo

2. To start into motion.

   Uso

   • arcaico
   • intransitivo

3. To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   interlaceinterthreadtwine

   Esempi

   Braid your locks with rosy twine.

4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.

5. To reproach; to upbraid.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   Great King, / Few loue to heare the ſinnes they loue to act, / T'would brayde your ſelfe too neare for me to tell it […]

Sostantivo

1. A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore)[…].

   Altri esempi (1)

   He fixt vpon my face, which to my death / Will neuer part fro me, when with a braide / A deepe fet sigh he gaue, and therewithall / Clasping his handes, to heauen he cast his sight.

2. A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Termini più generali

   haircut

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.

3. A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

4. A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

5. A caprice or outburst of passion or anger.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • obsoleto
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   Let the maide learne none uncleanly words, or wanton, or uncomely gesture and moving of the body, no not so much as when she is yet ignorant what shee doth, and innocent; for shee shall doe the same, when shee is growne bigger and of more discretion, […] And oftentimes such braides come uppon them against their will.

6. Given two sets of n points on corresponding positions on two parallel lines, a braid is a unique set of crossings (over or under) between n strands that connect each point on one line to a point on the other line such that all points represent the terminus of one and only one strand and the traversal of any strand from a starting point to an ending point never moves further away from the from the ending point.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   We introduce braids via their historical roots and uses, make connections with knot theory and present the mathematical theory of braids through the braid group.

   In order to characterise the structure and complexity of a braid different numbers or topological invariants can be calculated.

7. A wicker guard for protecting newly grafted trees.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • dialectal
   • non numerabile

8. A moment, stound.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • obsoleto
   • non numerabile

9. A turn of work, job.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • obsoleto
   • non numerabile

10. A trick; deception.

    Uso

    • numerabile
    • obsoleto
    • non numerabile

Aggettivo

1. Crafty, deceitful.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   Since Frenchmen are so braid, / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

Sostantivo

1. A shelf or board for holding objects.

   Uso

   • Ireland
   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • uso britannico
   • dialectal

2. A board to press curd for cheese.

   Uso

   • Ireland
   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • uso britannico
   • dialectal

3. A flat board attached to a beam, used for weighing.

   Uso

   • Ireland
   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • uso britannico
   • dialectal

Sostantivo

1. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

   Sinonimi

   plaittresstwist

   Termini più generali

   hairdohairstylehair stylecoiffurecoif

2. trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

   Sinonimi

   gold braidbraiding

   Termini più generali

   trimmingtrimpassementerie

Verbo

1. make by braiding or interlacing

   Sinonimi

   laceplait

   Termini più generali

   weavetissue

   Esempi

   lace a tablecloth

2. decorate with braids or ribbons

   Termini più generali

   decorateadorngraceornamentembellishbeautify

   Esempi

   braid a collar

3. form or weave into a braid or braids

   Sinonimi

   pleach

   Contrari

   unbraid

   Termini più generali

   weaveinterweave

   Esempi

   braid hair