braid

1. 1.

   a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

   Synonymsplaittresstwist

   Broaderhairdo

   Narrowerqueuepigtail
2. 2.

   trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

   Synonymsgold braidbraiding

   Broadertrimming

   Narroweragletsoutache

Other forms of braid

plural

braids·

past tense

braided·

present participle

braiding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about braid

What does braid mean?

braid means "make by braiding or interlacing". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in braid?

braid has 1 syllable: braid. In IPA it is /ˈbɹeɪd/.

What is another word for braid?

Close synonyms include lace, plait, pleach, plait, tress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of braid?

The recorded antonyms are unbraid.

Is braid a common word?

braid is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with braid?

2 words rhyme with braid. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.