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- 1. a nail of rectangular cross section with a flat tip and a small, typically asymmetrical head.
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Brad is a noun that means a thin nail with a small cylindrical head, or a verb that means to fasten with brads. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related entries of brad.
Brad definition: a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.. See examples of BRAD used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a thin wire nail of uniform thickness with a small head that is sometimes off-center. verb transitiveWord forms: ˈbradded or ˈbradding. 2. to fasten with brads. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
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Etymology
Late Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (compare Old English brord, Old High German brort), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos (compare Welsh brath (“sting, prick”), Albanian bredh (“fir-tree”), Lithuanian bruzdùklis (“bridle”), Czech brzda (“brake”). Doublet of prod.
Pronunciation
1. (UK) IPA(key): /bɹad/ 2. (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹæd/ 3. Rhymes: -æd
Noun
brad (plural brads) 1. A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin. 1.1. 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 5: 1.1.1. Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed bradshad been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch. 2. (US, elementary school usage) A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of th...
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern bredh), or alternatively a substrate cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez).
Noun
brad m (plural bradz) 1. firtree
Alternative forms
1. broad (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian) 2. broat (Tyrol)
Etymology
From Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz. Cognates include German breit, Yiddish ברייט (breyt), Dutch breed, Old Norse breiðr, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (braiþs).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /b̥rɑːd̥/
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): [ˈbrat]
Noun
brad f 1. genitive plural of brada
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bráð, from from Proto-Germanic *brēdô, cognate with German Braten.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse bráðr, from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“in a hurry”), cognate with Swedish bråd.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /bˠɾˠad̪ˠ/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish brat (“spoil, plunder, robbery”), perhaps ultimately related to the root of brath (“betrayal, deception”).
References
1. Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN 2. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 brat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern bredh), or alternatively a substratum cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez).
Noun
brad 1. firtree
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *braid.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /brɑːd/
Adjective
brād 1. wide, broad
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Cognates include Old English brēad, Old Saxon brōd and Old Dutch *brōd.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈbraːd/
Noun
brād n 1. bread
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Old Albanian *bradh (modern Albanian bredh), or alternatively a substrate cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from modern Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez). Another theory suggests that it was reformed analogically from the plural brazi, and that the original form was *braz (reinterpreted as a plural, modeled on plurals such as coadă > cozi, pradă > prăzi, surd, > surzi). See also the Romanian a...
Noun
brad m (plural brazi) 1. fir, Abies alba. 2. pinetree. 3. pine wood.
See also
1. pin
brad is a word with multiple meanings and origins in different languages. It can be a noun for a nail, a paper fastener, or a fir tree, or a verb for attaching or riveting something.
Brad is a noun or verb that means a thin wire nail with a small head or a slight side projection. Learn how to use brad in a sentence and see synonyms, translations and related terms.
Learn the different meanings and uses of the word brad, a thin wire nail or a diminutive of Bradley. See examples, synonyms, and related words for brad.
brad. /bræd/. /bræd/. IPA guide. Other forms: brads; bradded; bradding. Definitions of brad. noun. a small nail. see more.