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Definition: Braiding |
BraidingNoun1. Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "braiding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
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Industry | The process of interlacing three or more threads in such a way that they cross one another and are laid together in diagonal formation. Flat, tubular, or solid constructions may be formed in this way. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BraidingSynonyms: braid (n), gold braid (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Braiding |
| English words defined with "braiding": braid ♦ lace ♦ plait ♦ tress, twist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "braiding": braid maker, braided electrode, braided netting twine, BRAIDER SETTER, BRAIDING-MACHINE TENDER, BRAID-PATTERN SETTER ♦ plaited netting twine, PRODUCTION HELPER ♦ SUPERVISOR, SEWING DEPARTMENT ♦ trailing cable. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Braiding horse's tail before polo match, Abilene, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Braiding" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Braiding" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 66.67% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "braiding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جدل (braid, cue, entwine, intertwine, interweaving, mat, plait, plaiting, twine, twining, twist, wreathe, writhe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | knytning, flette (braid, intercalate, plait, plaiting, to plait). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vlechten (braid, plait, twine, wreathe), het rijgen, geweven wapening. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | punosvahvike, punos (cord, twine, twist), punonta (lay), kudonta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tresse de renforcement, tressage, transfilage, torsadage, passement, laçage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | flechtend (plaiting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πλέξιμο (knit, knitting), πλεκτό ένθεμα, πλοκή (plot, texture, twist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אפיפ" (encircling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | intrecciatura di rinforzo, intrecciatura (entanglement, interlocking, plaiting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 泥縄 (braiding the rope only after the thief is caught, measure taken in haste or too late). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どろなわ (braiding the rope only after the thief is caught, measure taken in haste or too late). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aidingbray trança de reforço, entrançamento (matting), entrançadura. (various references) trenzado (braid, braided, plaited), refuerzo trenzado, lazada (loop), armadura trenzada, amarradura (lashing, mooring). (various references) besats (ornament), nätbindning (netting), flätinlägg (braided insert). (various references) örgü biçiminde motif, örgü (braid, hand-knit, hand-knitted, knit, knitted, knitting, plait, plat). (various references) стрічки, галуни. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "braiding": braidings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "braiding": unbraiding, upbraiding. (additional references) | |
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"Braiding" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baraldini, bareding, barmaiding, bradding, Braiden, brueding, traiding. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "braiding" (pronounced brā"ding) |
| 5 | -r ā" d i ng | degrading, grading, raiding, trading, upgrading. |
| 4 | -ā" d i ng | aiding, blockading, cascading, crusading, evading, fading, invading, lading, masquerading, parading, persuading, pervading, serenading, shading, wading. |
| 3 | -d i ng | abiding, abounding, acceding, according, adding, affording, alluding, amending, applauding, apprehending, ascending, astounding, attending, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, banding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bending, bidding, biding, binding, bleeding, blending, blinding, boarding, bombarding, bonding, bounding, branding, breading, breeding, brooding, budding, building, ceding, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, conceding, concluding, condescending, confiding, confounding, contending, cording, corresponding, crowding, deciding, decoding, defending, defrauding, defunding, deluding, demanding, denuding, depending, deriding, descending, disbanding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, ending, eroding, exceeding, excluding, expanding, expending, exploding, expounding, extending, extruding, featherbedding, feeding, fending, feuding, Fielding, finding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, founding, freestanding, funding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, guarding, guiding, handholding, handing, heading, heeding, heralding, herding, hiding, hoarding, holding, hounding, impeding, impending, imploding, inbreeding, including, intending, interceding, intruding, joyriding, kidding, kneading, landholding, landing, lauding, leading, lending, loading, longstanding, madding, marauding, masterminding, Melding, mending, minding, misleading, misreading, misspending, misunderstanding, molding, moulding, needing, nodding, nonbinding, nonbuilding, notwithstanding, offending, outbidding, outspending, outstanding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overextending, overfunding, overloading, overriding, overspending, padding, pending, pleading, plodding, portending, pounding, preceding, precluding, presiding, pretending, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, railroading, reading, rebounding, rebuilding, receding, recommending, recording, Redding, Reding, refunding, regarding, relending, reminding, rending, rereading, rescinding, residing, resounding, responding, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, rounding, safeguarding, sanding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, seceding, seeding, sending, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, sounding, spearheading, speeding, spellbinding, spending, spreading, stampeding, standing, stranding, striding, subsiding, succeeding, superseding, surrounding, suspending, tending, threading, tiding, transcending, treading, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unfolding, unloading, unwinding, unyielding, upholding, upstanding, vending, voiding, warding, wedding, weeding, welding, wending, wielding, Wilding, winding, withholding, withstanding, Wooding, wording, wounding, yielding. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-g-i-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: abiding, barding, birding, brigand, raiding. | |
-2 letters: aiding, airing, baring, biding, daring, gradin, riband, riding. | |
-3 letters: bairn, bindi, braid, brain, brand, bring, dinar, drain, garni, grain, grand, grind, indri, iring, nadir, rabid, radii, ranid, rigid. | |
-4 letters: abri, agin, airn, arid, band, bang, bani, bard, barn, bind, bird, brad, brag, bran, brig, brin, dang, darb, darn. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-g-i-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: abridging, braidings, brigading. | |
+2 letters: brigandine, disbarring, redbaiting, unbraiding, upbraiding. | |
+3 letters: barricading, bediapering, brandishing, brigandines, broadsiding, misbranding. | |
+4 letters: barricadoing, bastardising, bastardizing, billboarding, biodegrading, blackbirding, boardsailing, breadwinning, childbearing, deliberating, disembarking, sailboarding. | |
+5 letters: boardsailings, breadwinnings, childbearings, decarbonizing, decarburizing, defibrinating, detribalizing, radiolabeling, sailboardings, subordinating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 72 61 69 64 69 6E 67 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110010 01100001 01101001 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B r a i d i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0072 0061 0069 0064 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3684677570758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, يهودي, عبري, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; 乌克兰, for Ukranian; |
