(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.
Ribbon
Definition:
(n.) A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
(n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
(n.) Same as Rib-band.
(n.) Driving reins.
(n.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
(n.) A silver.
(v. t.) To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
Example Sentences:
(1) The "hexagonal ribbon" model proposes that hexagonal profiles are true cross-sections of elongated hexagonal ribbons.
(2) Consequently, the insular ribbon effectively becomes a watershed arterial zone.
(3) The possible arrangements of molecules within the twisted ribbons have been deduced and are found to be fairly closely related.
(4) Description and differentiation of the ribbon shaped vascular muscle cells from cardiac muscle cells, and the potential for confusion of the two in older animals, was addressed.
(5) Textures observed include spherulites with Maltese crosses, striated and highly colored ribbons, whorls of periodic interference fringes, and colored flakes.
(6) Differentiated ribbon synapses are found after 8 days in vitro, the time at which they normally appear in situ.
(7) At low pH, it is theorized that the trapezoidal profile of the dimer is shifted to a more rectangular configuration such that flat ribbons are formed by the lateral association of dimers.
(8) When negatively stained with uranyl acetate, LPSI was ribbon-like but LPSII exhibited hexagonal lattice structures.
(9) synaptic ribbon (SR) and synaptic spherule (SS) numbers, was explored in 6 different stocks and strains of laboratory rats, viz.
(10) In the astrocytes, the residual bodies were extremely polymorphous and contained inclusions with bilamellar ribbon-like structures.
(11) These labeled amacrine cells received conventional synaptic contacts from other unlabeled amacrine cells and ribbon synaptic contacts from unlabeled bipolar cells, in both the proximal and distal inner plexiform layer.
(12) Regular patterns of actomyosin interactions arise when ribbons are aligned with myosin thick filaments, because the repeat distance of the myosin lattice (429 A) is an integral multiple of the subunit repeat in the ribbon (35.7 A).
(13) All underwent implantation of a ribbon electrode through a small laminotomy, under general anesthesia.
(14) We have reported that meso-hexestrol, a synthetic estrogen, inhibits microtubule assembly and induces microtubule proteins into twisted ribbon structures.
(15) The first is characterized by afferent synapses to the brain with, in the sensory pedicle endings, structures similar to the presynaptic ribbons noted by some authors in photoreceptors of arthropods.
(16) Presynaptic ribbons could be observed in cone cells on E.E.
(17) The other part was processed for electron microscopy to quantify synaptic ribbons (SR).
(18) A possibility of reorganization of the tubular structures into the ribbon-like ones and vice versa is shown.
(19) Some tied yellow ribbons and bows to the Eccles Cross while others stood quietly, reflecting on what had happened to someone who, according to the local paper, was an "extraordinary man who we can be proud to call one of our own".
(20) At the apposition of the ribbon to the hair cell membrane, presynaptic densities are formed and the ribbon appears to become anchored.