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Braid vs Microbraid - What's the difference?

braid | microbraid |

As nouns the difference between braid and microbraid

is that braid is a sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench while microbraid is a very thin braid in hair.

As a verb braid

is to make a sudden movement with, to jerk.

As an adjective braid

is deceitful.

braid

English

(wikipedia braid)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) braiden, breiden, .

Alternative forms

* brayde (obsolete), breyde (obsolete)

Verb

  • (obsolete) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
  • (archaic) To start into motion.
  • To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
  • * Milton
  • Braid your locks with rosy twine.
  • To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  • (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
  • *, Bk.XII, ch.ii:
  • *:And than in a brayde Sir Launcelot brake hys chaynes of hys legges and of hys armys (and in the brakynge he hurte hys hondys sore).
  • :(Sackville)
  • A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
  • A fancy; freak; caprice.
  • :
  • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) deceitful
  • * Shakespeare
  • Since Frenchmen are so braid , / Marry that will, I live and die a maid.

    Anagrams

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    microbraid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very thin braid in hair.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 20, author=Sarah Maslin Nir, title=The Rebirth, and the Beat, Goes On, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=English is little heard, and women wrapped in Technicolor fabrics plait microbraids into customers’ hair as their colleagues beckon passers-by. }}