(v. t.) To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait.
(v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.
(v. t.) To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid.
(n.) A plait, band, or narrow fabric formed by intertwining or weaving together different strands.
(n.) A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.
(n.) A quick motion; a start.
(n.) A fancy; freak; caprice.
(v. i.) To start; to awake.
(v. t.) Deceitful.
Example Sentences:
(1) She said she has turned to hairdressing to pay the bills, with “appointments for braids and weaves about three times a week”.
(2) The polylactic-polyglycolic acid suture is braided and dyed, and has handling characteristics similar to those of black silk.
(3) These results suggest that the paced depolarization integral obtained with the braided endocardial defibrillation lead could improve the specificity and sensitivity of ventricular fibrillation detection.
(4) A monofilament polyglyconate suture (Maxon) was developed as a longer-lasting suture associated with less potential for infection than braided polyglycolic acid suture (Dexon).
(5) The in vitro breaking force of a braided nylon looped-suture tendon juncture designed to decrease tying time was compared with the breaking force of the modified Kessler and Bunnell techniques.
(6) To evaluate the mechanical properties of absorbable braided poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) fibre implants, 2.0 and 3.2 mm in diameter, maximum load defined as tensile load carrying capacity, elongation and axial rigidity were investigated after immersion in phosphate-buffered distilled water at 37 degrees C and pH 6.1 and after subcutaneous implantation in rabbit.
(7) Among the remaining patients was a divorced mother of four with a failing liver who was engaged to be remarried; a second world war " Rosie Riveter " who had trouble speaking because of a stroke; and Ma'Dear, an ailing matriarch with long, braided hair, renowned for her cooking and the strict but loving way she raised 12 children.
(8) Pore sizes up to 50 times 250 mu2 were achieved by using woven, knitted, and braided polyester tapes.
(9) Significantly fewer bacteria adhered to the monofilament polypropylene than either of the braided polyester sutures.
(10) Tests on samples of braided asbestos cord used in truck exhaust systems revealed a constant presence of chrysotile.
(11) A description is presented of the gross anatomic, histologic, and scanning electron microscopic features of cuspal abrasions, perforations, and tears caused by excessively long ends of braided sutures in bioprosthetic cardiac valves implanted in the mitral position in sheep.
(12) The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) was excised bilaterally in the knee joint of three dogs and was replaced in a conventional manner with a composite polyglycolic acid (PGA) and Dacron braided ligament prosthesis.
(13) Mechanical properties of equine suspensory apparatus preparations and three braided synthetic prostheses were evaluated in vitro.
(14) The future, like the present and the past, belongs to mixed economies in which public and private are braided together in one way or another.
(15) Five dogs (group A) received a right atrial "J" (AJ) and right ventricular (RV) active fixation tripolar lead, each consisting of a platinized platinum pacing tip, anode band, and braided defibrillation electrode.
(16) She is slim with fair skin and long braids, and speaks confidently about her ambition to be a journalist when she finishes school.
(17) It is concluded that the use of braided suture material in an inguinal hernia repair may result in an unacceptable level of sepsis and recurrence.
(18) Heavy braided Polydioxanon (PDS Ethicon) sutures were tested in a routine fashion, as were steel wire and braided polyester.
(19) Most braided sutures also showed less time-dependence in stiffness.
(20) The experiments consisting in replacement of a dissected anterior cruciate ligament of the knee in rabbits with a bundle of parallel carbon fibers and a braided carbon covered with animal collagen lyophilized dura mater have been performed.
Bread
Definition:
(a.) To spread.
(n.) An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.
(n.) Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
(v. t.) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.
Example Sentences:
(1) We are the generation who saw the war,, who ate bread received with ration cards.
(2) This was due to the fact that stale bread was fed ad lib, rather than concentrates.
(3) Spoon over the dressing and eat immediately, while the tomatoes are still hot and the bread is crisp.
(4) She wanted to cook the kind of food she had eaten and prepared while living in Italy – grilled meats, bread soups, pasta.
(5) Some oligomers of N-acetyl-glucosamine were also effective in blocking the inhibitory effect of "bread" wheat gliadin peptides.
(6) 3) In all age groups the foods most ingested were: steamed rice, wakame, tofu, bread, scallions, Japanese omelette, and tomatoes.
(7) Through small and large acts of deprivation and destruction we follow the process: the removal of hope, of dignity, of luxury, of necessity, of self; the reduction of a man to a hoarder of grey slabs of bread and the scrapings of a soup bowl (wonderfully told all this, with a novelist's gift for detail and sometimes very nearly comic surprise), to the confinement of a narrow bed – in which there is "not even any room to be afraid" – with a stranger who doesn't speak your language, to the cruel illogicality of hating a fellow victim of oppression more than you hate the oppressor himself – one torment following another, and even the bleak comfort of thinking you might have touched rock bottom denied you as, when the most immediate cause of a particular stress comes to an end, "you are grievously amazed to see that another one lies behind; and in reality a whole series of others".
(8) For the consumer, it’s a convenient way to buy local groceries, everything from vegetables to fish, cheese and bread is all sold on one website and can be collected from one place.” There are now over 450 assemblies in France and Belgium, and the company is launching in Britain, Germany and Spain.
(9) But the co-founder of London's Prufrock cafe says that producing great espresso is "no more complicated than making bread".
(10) Approximately 80 g labeled bread was consumed by each subject, providing a total calcium load of 13.3 mg.
(11) The feeding test indicated a relatively low toxicity of molded bread.
(12) "So 44% of workers in South Africa are working for a loaf of bread a day," he said.
(13) During pregnancy, a mother should be encouraged to eat less saturated fat and drink few sugary drinks while eating more brown rice, brown bread and porridge, added Poston.
(14) Of 1353 cereal samples, 11.7% contained the mycotoxin; of 1372 samples of feed, 1.5%; of 368 bread samples, 17.2%; of 215 flour samples, 22.3%; of 894 porcine serum samples, 37.4%; and of 1065 human serum samples, 7.2%.
(15) In both cases the postprandial glucose response was lower after rye bread than after wheat bread.
(16) Rheological properties of flour and quality parameters of bread are changed to a greater or lesser extent, among other, by addition of free amino acids.
(17) We have studied the effects of dextrose, rice, potato, corn, and bread on postprandial plasma glucose and insulin responses in 16 subjects.
(18) A probable explanation for the well maintained serum folate levels in late pregnancy as well as in other populations studied in this report may be the high dietary intake of Iranian bread made from wheat flour of high extraction rate.
(19) Studies in normal or iron deficient adults also demonstrated a better absorption of iron from NaFeEDTA than from Fe2(SO4)3 whether these compounds were given in an aqueous solution (5 mg Fe) or with a standard meal consisting of beans, tortillas, bread, and coffee providing also a total of 5 mg Fe.
(20) A similar meal in which guar was added to the bread and pectin to the marmalade resulted in significant reductions of blood glucose at 15 min (P less than 0.002) and 30 min (P less than 0.01).