"French braid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: French braids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} French braid (plural French braids)
  1. A braided hairstyle starting with three small sections of hair near the crown of the head, which are then braided together toward the nape of the neck, gradually adding more hair to each section as it crosses in from the side into the center of the braid structure. The final result incorporates all of the hair into a smoothly woven pattern over the scalp.
    Sense id: en-French_braid-en-noun-fho8Xger

Verb

Forms: French braids [present, singular, third-person], French braiding [participle, present], French braided [participle, past], French braided [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} French braid (third-person singular simple present French braids, present participle French braiding, simple past and past participle French braided)
  1. To braid into a French braid. Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: French-braid Related terms: Dutch braid
    Sense id: en-French_braid-en-verb-57ebqf8J Disambiguation of Hair: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 67

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