"brae" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Braehead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Orchard Brae"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bro"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bro",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "bra",
        "t": "bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit"
      },
      "expansion": "bra (“bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "brá",
        "t": "eyebrow; eyelash"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse brá (“eyebrow; eyelash”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*brēwō",
        "t": "eyebrow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brēwō (“eyebrow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃bʰrúHs",
        "t": "eyebrow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "brǣw"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English brǣw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "brēaw",
        "t": "eyelid"
      },
      "expansion": "brēaw (“eyelid”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "brāwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German brāwa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "brā"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German brā",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Braue",
        "t": "eyebrow"
      },
      "expansion": "German Braue (“eyebrow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "brāwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon brāwa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "brāha",
        "t": "eyebrow; eyelash"
      },
      "expansion": "brāha (“eyebrow; eyelash”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bree",
        "3": "brow",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t1": "(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of bree (“(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid”) and brow",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bro, bra (“bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit”), from Old Norse brá (“eyebrow; eyelash”) (probably in the sense of the brow of a hill), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”).\nThe English word is cognate with Old English brǣw, brēaw (“eyelid”), Old High German brāwa (Middle High German brā, modern German Braue (“eyebrow”)), Old Saxon brāwa, brāha (“eyebrow; eyelash”); and is a doublet of bree (“(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid”) and brow.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "braes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The sloping bank of a river valley."
      ],
      "id": "en-brae-en-noun-lcSxCrBd",
      "links": [
        [
          "sloping",
          "sloping#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "bank",
          "bank#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "valley",
          "valley"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "sloping bank of a river valley",
          "word": "bayır"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "sloping bank of a river valley",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brí"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
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          "ref": "1828 August 1, “A.”, “A Visit to the Covenanters. (Concluded.)”, in The Paisley Magazine, volume I, number 8, Paisley, Renfrewshire: David Dick, →OCLC, page 392",
          "text": "You are directed to the particular part of the brae where the Covenanters stationed themselves, (at the time of my visit it was a field of pasture, on which some cows were quietly feeding,) and the eminence behind, [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, London: Jonathan Cape; republished London: Vintage Books, 2015, page 19",
          "text": "The party was in a big bungalow with an enormous brae for a garden.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Any hillside or slope."
      ],
      "id": "en-brae-en-noun-DVHrFL1O",
      "links": [
        [
          "hillside",
          "hillside"
        ],
        [
          "slope",
          "slope#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹiː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bray"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  "word": "brae"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/iː",
    "Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Braehead"
    },
    {
      "word": "Orchard Brae"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bro",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "bra",
        "t": "bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit"
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "brá",
        "t": "eyebrow; eyelash"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*brēwō",
        "t": "eyebrow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brēwō (“eyebrow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "*h₃bʰrúHs",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "brǣw"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English brǣw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "brēaw",
        "t": "eyelid"
      },
      "expansion": "brēaw (“eyelid”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "brāwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German brāwa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "brā"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German brā",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Braue",
        "t": "eyebrow"
      },
      "expansion": "German Braue (“eyebrow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "brāwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon brāwa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "brāha",
        "t": "eyebrow; eyelash"
      },
      "expansion": "brāha (“eyebrow; eyelash”)",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "nocap": "1",
        "t1": "(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of bree (“(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid”) and brow",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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      "form": "braes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "Northern England English",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The sloping bank of a river valley."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "sloping",
          "sloping#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "bank",
          "bank#Noun"
        ],
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          "river",
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        "(Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland"
      ]
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        "Scottish English"
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          "text": "You are directed to the particular part of the brae where the Covenanters stationed themselves, (at the time of my visit it was a field of pasture, on which some cows were quietly feeding,) and the eminence behind, [...]",
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        "(Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope."
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      "ipa": "/bɹeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹiː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɹeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bray"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "sloping bank of a river valley",
      "word": "bayır"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sloping bank of a river valley",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brí"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brae"
}