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See definition of braid on Dictionary.com
  • nouninterwoven hair style
  • verbinterweave

synonyms for braid

  • pigtail
  • ponytail
  • plait
  • queue
See also synonyms for: braided / braids
  • complect
  • cue
  • entwine
  • interlace
  • intertwine
  • lace
  • mesh
  • pigtail
  • plait
  • ravel
  • twine
  • twist
  • weave
  • interknit
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How to use braid in a sentence

It’s also the latest twist in an intellectual braid that started long ago with an ancient curiosity.
UNDERGRADUATES HUNT FOR SPECIAL TETRAHEDRA THAT FIT TOGETHERKEVIN HARTNETTFEBRUARY 9, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINE
Her side-parted, carefully smoothed style tapered to an extension braid.
SHE USED GORILLA GLUE AS HAIRSPRAY. AFTER 15 WASHES AND A TRIP TO THE ER, IT STILL WON’T BUDGE.LATESHIA BEACHUMFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Studies show that common hairstyles like braids, twists, and Afros can affect job prospects.
BEAUTY BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING WITHOUT USMELINDA FAKUADEOCTOBER 30, 2020VOX
Basically, they want either a ponytail or braid that's 10 to 12 inches long of clean, not chemically treated hair.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: LET IT GROW, THEN LET IT GOHELOISE HELOISEOCTOBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POST
It is based on yet another area of mathematics involving transforming a set of numbers by combining elements, often according to elaborate geometric patterns, such as braids.
QUANTUM COMPUTERS THREATEN TO END DIGITAL SECURITY. HERE’S WHAT’S BEING DONE ABOUT ITJEREMY KAHNSEPTEMBER 11, 2020FORTUNE
Now the attached electrodes, which sit between the braids, are closer to the scalp, too.
BRAINWAVES OF PEOPLE WITH COARSE, CURLY HAIR ARE NOW LESS HARD TO READLAURA SANDERSMAY 5, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Her hair had fallen from its pins and hung in a braid, its length concealed by her position, and making the effect of a queue.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
I want a spool of red silk, two pieces of crimson dress braid, and a spool of fifty cotton.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATER
She wore overalls and high boots, and the night braid of her hair was twisted several times round her throat.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
She hurried on her riding-clothes, dropped her braid under her jacket, and ran down the stairs.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
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WORDS RELATED TO BRAID

  • bandage
  • bandeau
  • belt
  • binding
  • bond
  • braid
  • cable
  • chain
  • circle
  • circuit
  • copula
  • cord
  • fillet
  • harness
  • hoop
  • ligature
  • line
  • link
  • manacle
  • ribbon
  • ring
  • rope
  • sash
  • scarf
  • shackle
  • snood
  • stay
  • strap
  • string
  • strip
  • tape
  • tie
  • truss
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