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How to pronounce “braid”

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Pronunciation guide for braid

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of braid with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Losing a Child to SuicideIt's etched with a French braid, a braid with four strands.
Definition summary: (obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.

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Losing a Child to Suicide

It's etched with a French braid, a braid with four strands.

[Verb]
(obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
(archaic, intransitive) To start into motion.
(transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
(obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
[Noun]
(obsolete, countable) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. [11th–17th c.]
A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]
A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together.
A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.
(obsolete) A caprice or outburst of passion or anger.
(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.
(dialectal) A wicker guard for protecting newly grafted trees.
(obsolete) A moment, stound.
(obsolete) A turn of work, job.
(obsolete) A trick; deception.
[Adjective]
(obsolete) Crafty, deceitful.