Main Entry: ¹braid

Pronunciation: \ˈbrād\

Function: transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English breyden to move suddenly, snatch, plait, from Old English bregdan; akin to Old High German brettan to draw (a sword)

Date: before 12th century

1 a : to make from braids <braid a rug> b : to form (three or more strands) into a braid
2 : to do up (the hair) by interweaving three or more strands
3 : mix, intermingle <braid fact with fiction>
4 : to ornament especially with ribbon or braid

— braid·er noun