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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

embraid en · VERB

Etymology

From em- + braid.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To braid up, to plait.
    • embraided hair
    • embraided locks
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To tell off; to reprimand
    • Minutius , who embraided him with cowardice 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
embraided Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
embraided Tense=Past lexicographic
embraids Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
embraiding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

upbraid