"braid" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bɹeɪd/ Audio: En-us-braid.ogg [US] Forms: more braid [comparative], most braid [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪd Head templates: {{en-adj}} braid (comparative more braid, superlative most braid)
  1. (obsolete) Deceitful. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-braid-en-adj-40Mvcv9F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /bɹeɪd/ Audio: En-us-braid.ogg [US] Forms: braids [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”). Cognate with Scots Scots brade, Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) and Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|braiden}} Middle English braiden, {{m|enm|breided}} breided, {{m|enm|bræiden}} bræiden, {{inh|en|ang|breġdan||to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash}} Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*bregdan}} Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*bregdaną||to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing}} Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰrēḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰrēǵ-||to shine, shimmer}} *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”), {{cog|sco|brade}} Scots brade, {{cog|sco|braid||to move quickly or suddenly}} Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), {{cog|stq|braidje||to knit}} Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), {{cog|fy|breidzje}} West Frisian breidzje, {{m|nl|breien||to knit}} breien (“to knit”), {{cog|nds|breiden}} Low German breiden, {{cog|de|breiden}} German breiden, {{cog|bar|bretten||to move quickly, twitch}} Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), {{cog|is|bregða||to move quickly, jerk}} Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), {{cog|fo|bregða||to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)}} Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”), {{cog|fo|bregda||to plaid, braid, twist, twine}} Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} braid (plural braids)
  1. (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. Tags: obsolete Translations (sudden movement): ruk [masculine] (Dutch), rykk [neuter] (Faroese), galon [masculine] (French), Ruck [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-braid-en-noun-EL1kZLJz Disambiguation of 'sudden movement': 82 2 1 4 3 9
  2. A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (weave of three or more strands): جَدِيلَة (jadīla) [feminine] (Arabic), ضَفِيرَة (ḍafīra) [feminine] (Arabic), ضفيرة (ḍifīra) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), հյուսք (hyuskʿ) (Armenian), ծամ (cam) (Armenian), толом (tolom) (Bashkir), плитка (plitka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), trena [feminine] (Catalan), 辮子 (Chinese Mandarin), 辫子 (biànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), cop [masculine] (Czech), fletning [common-gender] (Danish), vlecht (Dutch), letti (Finnish), tresse [feminine] (French), natte [feminine] (French), crencha [feminine] (Galician), trinca [feminine] (Galician), arello [masculine] (Galician), cadrelo [masculine] (Galician), baderna [feminine] (Galician), réstea [feminine] (Galician), Zopf [masculine] (German), Litze (english: military ornament) [feminine] (German), geflochtenes Band [neuter] (German), 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 (flahta) [feminine] (Gothic), πλεξίδα (plexída) [feminine] (Greek), πλόκαμος (plókamos) [masculine] (Greek), fonat (Hungarian), treccia [feminine] (Italian), 組み紐 (kumihimo) (alt: くみひも) (Japanese), pīne [feminine] (Latvian), плетенка (pletenka) [feminine] (Macedonian), плетеница (pletenica) [feminine] (Macedonian), tresse [feminine] (Norman), flette [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), گیس بافت (gis-bâft) (Persian), گیس (gis) (Persian), warkocz [masculine] (Polish), kosa [obsolete] (Polish), trança [feminine] (Portuguese), simp'a (Quechua), simpa (Quechua), pillta (Quechua), chunra [feminine] (Romani), împletitură [masculine] (Romanian), коса́ (kosá) [feminine] (Russian), галу́н (galún) [masculine] (Russian), gajtan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), širit [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tkanica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pletenica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), кика [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), плетеница [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kita [feminine] (Slovene), pletenica [feminine] (Slovene), trenza [feminine] (Spanish), pīne [feminine] (Sudovian), fläta [common-gender] (Swedish), జడ (jaḍa) (Telugu), trexhe (Walloon), צאָפּ (tsop) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-braid-en-noun-vhQFUbcu Disambiguation of Hair: 1 5 23 1 12 5 17 2 1 23 8 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 10 1 23 4 23 4 1 10 9 1 Disambiguation of 'weave of three or more strands': 3 67 4 10 3 13
  3. A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together Translations (stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires): tresse [feminine] (French), Litze [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-braid-en-noun-LcDHXPPn Disambiguation of 'stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires': 2 3 85 3 1 6
  4. A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal): Geflecht [neuter] (German), Abschirmgeflecht [neuter] (German), Schutzgeflecht [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-braid-en-noun-vwj-d22w Disambiguation of Hair: 1 5 23 1 12 5 17 2 1 23 8 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 10 1 23 4 23 4 1 10 9 1 Disambiguation of 'tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal': 3 8 2 73 2 12
  5. (obsolete) A caprice or outburst of passion or anger. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-braid-en-noun-NKjbwKqN
  6. (mathematics, topology) Given two sets of n points on corresponding positions on two parallel lines, a braid is a unique set of crossings (over or under) between n strands that connect each point on one line to a point on the other line such that all points represent the terminus of one and only one strand and the traversal of any strand from a starting point to an ending point never moves further away from the from the ending point. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Topology, Hair
    Sense id: en-braid-en-noun-qp-tC-N7 Disambiguation of Hair: 1 5 23 1 12 5 17 2 1 23 8 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 10 1 23 4 23 4 1 10 9 1 Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brayde, breyde, broid [obsolete] Derived forms: braid group, braid statistics, Brunnian braid, Dutch braid, French braid, Madonna braid Translations (hairstyle): gërshet (Albanian), πλέγμα (plégma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), جَدِيلَة (jadīla) [feminine] (Arabic), ضَفِيرَة (ḍafīra) [feminine] (Arabic), ضفيرة (ḍifīra) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), جدوله (jaddūli) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), հյուս (hyus) (Armenian), ծամ (cam) (Armenian), hörük (Azerbaijani), толом (tolom) (Bashkir), каса́ (kasá) [feminine] (Belarusian), пли́тка (plítka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), trena [feminine] (Catalan), 辮子 (Chinese Mandarin), 辫子 (biànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), cop [masculine] (Czech), pletenec [masculine] (Czech), fletning [common-gender] (Danish), vlecht [feminine] (Dutch), pats (Estonian), letti (Finnish), natte [feminine] (French), tresse [feminine] (French), crencha [feminine] (Galician), trinca [feminine] (Galician), arello [masculine] (Galician), cadrelo [masculine] (Galician), carapicho [masculine] (Galician), ნაწნავი (nac̣navi) (Georgian), Zopf [masculine] (German), Flechte [feminine, honorific] (German), 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 (flahta) [feminine] (Gothic), πλεξίδα (plexída) [feminine] (Greek), copf (Hungarian), hajfonat (Hungarian), fléttur [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), fléttingur [masculine] (Icelandic), kassa (Ingrian), letti (Ingrian), palmikko (Ingrian), trilseán [masculine] (Irish), cleacht [masculine] (Irish), treccia [feminine] (Italian), 三つ編み (mitsuami) (alt: みつあみ) (Japanese), бұрым (būrym) (Kazakh), 땋은 머리 (tta'eun meori) (Korean), bize [feminine] (Latvian), kasa [feminine] (Lithuanian), плетенка (pletenka) [feminine] (Macedonian), tresse [feminine] (Norman), flette [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), warkocz [masculine] (Polish), kosa [dated, feminine] (Polish), trança [feminine] (Portuguese), simp'a (Quechua), cosiță [feminine] (Romanian), coadă [feminine] (Romanian), codiță [feminine] (Romanian), коса́ (kosá) [feminine] (Russian), коси́чка (kosíčka) [diminutive, feminine] (Russian), वेणी (veṇī) [feminine] (Sanskrit), वेणि (veṇi) [feminine] (Sanskrit), वेणिका (veṇikā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), रज्जु (rajju) [feminine] (Sanskrit), केशगर्भक (keśagarbhaka) [masculine] (Sanskrit), पर्परी (parparī) [feminine] (Sanskrit), कूटक (kūṭaka) [masculine] (Sanskrit), dual [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), плетеница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pletenica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pletenec [masculine] (Slovak), vrkoč [masculine] (Slovak), kita [feminine] (Slovene), trenza [feminine] (Spanish), fläta [common-gender] (Swedish), кокул (kokul) (Tajik), జడ (jaḍa) (Telugu), örgü (Turkish), йырси пунэт (jyrśi punet) (Udmurt), коса́ (kosá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), kokil (Uzbek), bím tóc (Vietnamese)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'hairstyle': 8 19 2 34 6 32

Verb

IPA: /bɹeɪd/ Audio: En-us-braid.ogg [US] Forms: braids [present, singular, third-person], braiding [participle, present], braided [participle, past], braided [past]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”). Cognate with Scots Scots brade, Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) and Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|braiden}} Middle English braiden, {{m|enm|breided}} breided, {{m|enm|bræiden}} bræiden, {{inh|en|ang|breġdan||to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash}} Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*bregdan}} Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*bregdaną||to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing}} Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰrēḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰrēǵ-||to shine, shimmer}} *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”), {{cog|sco|brade}} Scots brade, {{cog|sco|braid||to move quickly or suddenly}} Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), {{cog|stq|braidje||to knit}} Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), {{cog|fy|breidzje}} West Frisian breidzje, {{m|nl|breien||to knit}} breien (“to knit”), {{cog|nds|breiden}} Low German breiden, {{cog|de|breiden}} German breiden, {{cog|bar|bretten||to move quickly, twitch}} Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), {{cog|is|bregða||to move quickly, jerk}} Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), {{cog|fo|bregða||to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)}} Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”), {{cog|fo|bregda||to plaid, braid, twist, twine}} Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} braid (third-person singular simple present braids, present participle braiding, simple past and past participle braided)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-braid-en-verb-Zv1sDE46
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To start into motion. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-braid-en-verb-iogbzNAM
  3. (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hair Translations (to intertwine): thur (Albanian), πλέκω (plékō) (Ancient Greek), ضَفَّرَ (ḍaffara) (Arabic), հյուսել (hyusel) (Armenian), mpiltescu (Aromanian), hörmək (Azerbaijani), eşmək (Azerbaijani), ишеү (işew) (Bashkir), үреү (ürew) (Bashkir), пле́сці (pljésci) [imperfective] (Belarusian), спле́сці (spljésci) [perfective] (Belarusian), salapid (Bikol Central), сплитам (splitam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), плета́ (pletá) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), trenar (Catalan), 編織 (Chinese Mandarin), 编织 (biānzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), плести (plesti) [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Church Slavic), plést [imperfective] (Czech), vlechten (Dutch), n:b-d:D3 (nbd) (Egyptian), plekti (Esperanto), letittää (english: hair) (Finnish), punoa (english: rope) (Finnish), natter (French), tresser (French), cadrelar (Galician), encadillar (Galician), emperequitar (Galician), flechten (German), verflechten (German), πλέκω (pléko) (Greek), befon (Hungarian), tresigar (Ido), palmikoija (Ingrian), intrecciare (Italian), 編む (amu) (alt: あむ) (Japanese), ស្រែះ (sreh) (Khmer), ក្រង (krɑɑng) (Khmer), ត្បាញ (tbaañ) (Khmer), 짜다 (jjada) (Korean), peit (Latgalian), plectō (Latin), pīt (Latvian), pinti (Lithuanian), plasć [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), испреплетува (isprepletuva) (Macedonian), плете (plete) [imperfective] (Macedonian), dafar (Maltese), сүлжих (sülžix) (Mongolian), ᠰᠦᠯᠵᠢᠬᠦ (sülǰikü) (Mongolian), yibizh (Navajo), tresser (Norman), flette (Norwegian), بافتن (bâftan) (Persian), pleść [imperfective] (Polish), splatać [imperfective] (Polish), spleść [perfective] (Polish), trançar (Portuguese), entrançar (Portuguese), simp'ay (Quechua), împleti (Romanian), плести́ (plestí) [imperfective] (Russian), сплести́ (splestí) [perfective] (Russian), заплета́ть (zapletátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заплести́ (zaplestí) [perfective] (Russian), плѐсти [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), plèsti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), zapletať [imperfective] (Slovak), pliesť [imperfective] (Slovak), plesti [imperfective] (Slovene), trenzar (Spanish), fläta (Swedish), örmek (Turkish), плести́ (plestý) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-braid-en-verb-SjchCYMd Disambiguation of Hair: 1 5 23 1 12 5 17 2 1 23 8 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 10 1 23 4 23 4 1 10 9 1 Disambiguation of 'to intertwine': 0 0 91 3 5
  4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food. Translations (to mix by beating, rubbing etc.): vaivata (Finnish), zerreiben (German), ζυμώνω (zymóno) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-braid-en-verb-PfdTgFLG Disambiguation of 'to mix by beating, rubbing etc.': 0 0 3 95 3
  5. (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-braid-en-verb-jk9wKNe5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brayde, breyde, broid [obsolete] Derived forms: French-braid, umbraid, upbraid
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”)",
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to plaid, braid, twist, twine"
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      "expansion": "Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-, *bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”).\nCognate with Scots Scots brade, Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) and Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”).",
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        "To make a sudden movement with, to jerk."
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        "(archaic, intransitive) To start into motion."
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        "(transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids."
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          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "thur"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "sense": "to intertwine",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hyusel",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "հյուսել"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "mpiltescu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "to intertwine",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "lang": "Bashkir",
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          "sense": "to intertwine",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "ba",
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          "roman": "ürew",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "үреү"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "spljésci",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "salapid"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "splitam",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "сплитам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pletá",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "trenar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "編織"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "编织"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "plést"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "vlechten"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "nbd",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "n:b-d:D3"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "plekti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "english": "hair",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "letittää"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "rope",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "punoa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "natter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "tresser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "cadrelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "emperequitar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "flechten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "verflechten"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "πλέκω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "roman": "plékō",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "befon"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "tresigar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "palmikoija"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "intrecciare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "alt": "あむ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "amu",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "編む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sreh",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "ស្រែះ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "krɑɑng",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "ក្រង"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tbaañ",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "ត្បាញ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jjada",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "짜다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "peit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "plectō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "pīt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "pinti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "isprepletuva",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "испреплетува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "plete",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "dafar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "sülžix",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "сүлжих"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "roman": "sülǰikü",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "ᠰᠦᠯᠵᠢᠬᠦ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "yibizh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "tresser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "flette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "plesti",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "плести"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâftan",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "بافتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pleść"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "splatać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "spleść"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "trançar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "entrançar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "simp'ay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "împleti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "plestí",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "плести́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "splestí",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "сплести́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapletátʹ",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заплета́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaplestí",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "заплести́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
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          ],
          "word": "плѐсти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "plèsti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "zapletať"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pliesť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "plesti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "plasć"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "trenzar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "fläta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "word": "örmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 91 3 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "plestý",
          "sense": "to intertwine",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "плести́"
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      "glosses": [
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          "sense": "to mix by beating, rubbing etc.",
          "word": "vaivata"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 3 95 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to mix by beating, rubbing etc.",
          "word": "zerreiben"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 3 95 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "zymóno",
          "sense": "to mix by beating, rubbing etc.",
          "word": "ζυμώνω"
        }
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        "To reproach; to upbraid."
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      "tags": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/En-us-braid.ogg",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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    "braid"
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}

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          "ref": "1561, Thomas Sackville, Ferrex and Porrex, act IV, scene ii, lines 1274–7",
          "text": "He fixt vpon my face, which to my death / Will neuer part fro me, when with a braide / A deepe fet sigh he gaue, and therewithall / Clasping his handes, to heauen he cast his sight.",
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          "sense": "sudden movement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ruk"
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          "_dis1": "82 2 1 4 3 9",
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          "sense": "sudden movement",
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          "_dis1": "82 2 1 4 3 9",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sudden movement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "galon"
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          "_dis1": "82 2 1 4 3 9",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "sudden movement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Ruck"
        }
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          "ref": "2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154",
          "text": "The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "jadīla",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "جَدِيلَة"
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          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḍafīra",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ضَفِيرَة"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḍifīra",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ضفيرة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hyuskʿ",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "հյուսք"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "cam",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "ծամ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "tolom",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "толом"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "plitka",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "плитка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trena"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "辮子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "biànzi",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "辫子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fletning"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "vlecht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "letti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tresse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "natte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crencha"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trinca"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "arello"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cadrelo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "baderna"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "réstea"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Zopf"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "military ornament",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Litze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "geflochtenes Band"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "flahta",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "plexída",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "πλεξίδα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "plókamos",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "πλόκαμος"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "fonat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "treccia"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "alt": "くみひも",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kumihimo",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "組み紐"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pīne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pletenka",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "плетенка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pletenica",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "плетеница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tresse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "flette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gis-bâft",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "گیس بافت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gis",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "گیس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "warkocz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kosa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trança"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "simp'a"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "simpa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "word": "pillta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "rom",
          "lang": "Romani",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chunra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "împletitură"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kosá",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "коса́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "galún",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "галу́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gajtan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "širit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tkanica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 67 4 10 3 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kika"
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      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "simp'a"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cosiță"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coadă"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "codiță"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kosá",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коса́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kosíčka",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коси́чка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "veṇī",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "वेणी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "veṇi",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "वेणि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "veṇikā",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "वेणिका"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "rajju",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "रज्जु"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "keśagarbhaka",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "केशगर्भक"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "parparī",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "पर्परी"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kūṭaka",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कूटक"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dual"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плетеница"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pletenica"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pletenec"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vrkoč"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trenza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fläta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kokul",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "кокул"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "jaḍa",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "జడ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "örgü"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "jyrśi punet",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "йырси пунэт"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kosá",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коса́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "kokil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 19 2 34 6 32",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "bím tóc"
    }
  ],
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    "braid"
  ],
  "word": "braid"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "form": "more braid",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most braid",
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      ]
    }
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        "Deceitful."
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        "(obsolete) Deceitful."
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        "obsolete"
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      "ipa": "/bɹeɪd/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "brayed"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/En-us-braid.ogg/En-us-braid.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/En-us-braid.ogg",
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd/1 syllable",
    "en:Hair"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "French-braid"
    },
    {
      "word": "umbraid"
    },
    {
      "word": "upbraid"
    }
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        "3": "braiden"
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      "expansion": "Middle English braiden",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      "expansion": "breided",
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      "expansion": "bræiden",
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      "expansion": "Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to shine, shimmer"
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      "expansion": "*bʰrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "brade"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots brade",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "braid",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to move quickly or suddenly"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to knit"
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      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "breidzje"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian breidzje",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to knit"
      },
      "expansion": "breien (“to knit”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "breiden"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German breiden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "breiden"
      },
      "expansion": "German breiden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "bretten",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "bregða",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to move quickly, jerk"
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      "expansion": "Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "bregða",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
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        "4": "to plaid, braid, twist, twine"
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      "expansion": "Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”)",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "braiding",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "braided",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "braided",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To make a sudden movement with, to jerk."
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          "jerk",
          "jerk"
        ]
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk."
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        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English terms with archaic senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "To start into motion."
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        [
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          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, intransitive) To start into motion."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids."
      ],
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        [
          "intertwine",
          "intertwine"
        ],
        [
          "fiber",
          "fiber"
        ],
        [
          "ribbon",
          "ribbon"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food."
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    },
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
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        "To reproach; to upbraid."
      ],
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          "reproach",
          "reproach"
        ],
        [
          "upbraid",
          "upbraid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɹeɪd/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "brayed"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-braid.ogg",
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    {
      "word": "brayde"
    },
    {
      "word": "breyde"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "broid"
    }
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "thur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍaffara",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "ضَفَّرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hyusel",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "հյուսել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "mpiltescu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "hörmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "eşmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "işew",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "ишеү"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ürew",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "үреү"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pljésci",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пле́сці"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spljésci",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спле́сці"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "salapid"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "splitam",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сплитам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pletá",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "плета́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "trenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "編織"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biānzhī",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "编织"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "plést"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "vlechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "nbd",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "n:b-d:D3"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "plekti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "hair",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "letittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "rope",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "punoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "natter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "tresser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "cadrelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "encadillar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "emperequitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "flechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "verflechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pléko",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "πλέκω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "plékō",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "πλέκω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "befon"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "tresigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "palmikoija"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "intrecciare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "amu",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "編む"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sreh",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "ស្រែះ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krɑɑng",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "ក្រង"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tbaañ",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "ត្បាញ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jjada",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "짜다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "peit"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "plectō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "pīt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "pinti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "isprepletuva",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "испреплетува"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "plete",
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    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "dafar"
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    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sülžix",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "сүлжих"
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    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sülǰikü",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "ᠰᠦᠯᠵᠢᠬᠦ"
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    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "yibizh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "tresser"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "flette"
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      "code": "cu",
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      "roman": "plesti",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
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      "word": "плести"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâftan",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "بافتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
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        "imperfective"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
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        "imperfective"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "spleść"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "trançar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "entrançar"
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    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "simp'ay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "împleti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plestí",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
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        "imperfective"
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      "word": "плести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "splestí",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapletátʹ",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "заплета́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaplestí",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
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        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заплести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "плѐсти"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "plèsti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapletať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pliesť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "plesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "plasć"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "trenzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "fläta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "word": "örmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plestý",
      "sense": "to intertwine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "плести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mix by beating, rubbing etc.",
      "word": "vaivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mix by beating, rubbing etc.",
      "word": "zerreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zymóno",
      "sense": "to mix by beating, rubbing etc.",
      "word": "ζυμώνω"
    }
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    "braid"
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}

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "word": "braid group"
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      "word": "braid statistics"
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      "word": "Brunnian braid"
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      "word": "Dutch braid"
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          "text": "He fixt vpon my face, which to my death / Will neuer part fro me, when with a braide / A deepe fet sigh he gaue, and therewithall / Clasping his handes, to heauen he cast his sight.",
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          "ref": "2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154",
          "text": "The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.",
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          "ref": "1540, Juan Luis Vives, chapter 2, in Richard Hyrde, transl., Instruction of a Christian Woman",
          "text": "Let the maide learne none uncleanly words, or wanton, or uncomely gesture and moving of the body, no not so much as when she is yet ignorant what shee doth, and innocent; for shee shall doe the same, when shee is growne bigger and of more discretion, […] And oftentimes such braides come uppon them against their will.",
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          "ref": "2009, Mitchell A. Berger, Louis H. Kauffman, Renzo L. Ricca, Lectures on Topological Fluid Mechanics, page 1",
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          "ref": "2012, A. T. Skjeltorp, Tamas Vicsek, Complexity from Microscopic to Macroscopic Scales, page 144",
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        "Given two sets of n points on corresponding positions on two parallel lines, a braid is a unique set of crossings (over or under) between n strands that connect each point on one line to a point on the other line such that all points represent the terminus of one and only one strand and the traversal of any strand from a starting point to an ending point never moves further away from the from the ending point."
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      "ipa": "/bɹeɪd/"
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      "word": "brayde"
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      "word": "breyde"
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      "word": "broid"
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      "word": "ruk"
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      "sense": "sudden movement",
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      "word": "rykk"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "sudden movement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "galon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sudden movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jadīla",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جَدِيلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍafīra",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ضَفِيرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍifīra",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ضفيرة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hyuskʿ",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "հյուսք"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cam",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "ծամ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "tolom",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "толом"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plitka",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плитка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trena"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "辮子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànzi",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "辫子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cop"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fletning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "vlecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "letti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "natte"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crencha"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trinca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arello"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cadrelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baderna"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "réstea"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "military ornament",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Litze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "geflochtenes Band"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "flahta",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "plexída",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πλεξίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "plókamos",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πλόκαμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "fonat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "treccia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くみひも",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kumihimo",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "組み紐"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pīne"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pletenka",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плетенка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pletenica",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плетеница"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gis-bâft",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "گیس بافت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gis",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "گیس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "warkocz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "kosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trança"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "simp'a"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "simpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "pillta"
    },
    {
      "code": "rom",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chunra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "împletitură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kosá",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коса́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "galún",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галу́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gajtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "širit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tkanica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pletenica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плетеница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pletenica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "xsv",
      "lang": "Sudovian",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pīne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fläta"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "jaḍa",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "జడ"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "word": "trexhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsop",
      "sense": "weave of three or more strands",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צאָפּ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "gërshet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jadīla",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "جَدِيلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍafīra",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ضَفِيرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḍifīra",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ضفيرة"
    },
    {
      "code": "apc",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jaddūli",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "North-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "جدوله"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hyus",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "հյուս"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cam",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "ծամ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "hörük"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "tolom",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "толом"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kasá",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "каса́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plítka",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пли́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trena"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "辮子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànzi",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "辫子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cop"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pletenec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fletning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vlecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "pats"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "letti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "natte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crencha"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trinca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arello"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cadrelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carapicho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nac̣navi",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "ნაწნავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "Flechte"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "flahta",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "plexída",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πλεξίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "plégma",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πλέγμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "copf"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "hajfonat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fléttur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fléttingur"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "kassa"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "letti"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "palmikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trilseán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cleacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "treccia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みつあみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mitsuami",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "三つ編み"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "būrym",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "бұрым"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tta'eun meori",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "땋은 머리"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bize"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pletenka",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плетенка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flette"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "warkocz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trança"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "simp'a"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cosiță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coadă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "codiță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kosá",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коса́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kosíčka",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коси́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "veṇī",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "वेणी"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "veṇi",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "वेणि"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "veṇikā",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "वेणिका"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "rajju",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "रज्जु"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "keśagarbhaka",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "केशगर्भक"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "parparī",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "पर्परी"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kūṭaka",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कूटक"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dual"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плетеница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pletenica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pletenec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vrkoč"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fläta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kokul",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "кокул"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "jaḍa",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "జడ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "örgü"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "jyrśi punet",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "йырси пунэт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kosá",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коса́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "kokil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "hairstyle",
      "word": "bím tóc"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Litze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geflecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Abschirmgeflecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schutzgeflecht"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "braid"
  ],
  "word": "braid"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd/1 syllable",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more braid",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most braid",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deceitful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Deceitful",
          "deceitful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Deceitful."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɹeɪd/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "brayed"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-braid.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/En-us-braid.ogg/En-us-braid.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/En-us-braid.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "braid"
  ],
  "word": "braid"
}

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