braid
verb (used with object)
to weave together strips or strands of; plait.
has braided
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present perfectof braid (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Another young migrant, 18-year-old Matar Top, who has braided hair, arrived from Senegal three years ago with similar hopes of sending money home.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
It has braided cousins across Europe: fonott kalacs in Hungary, chałka in Poland, vanocka in the Czech Republic.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
Jennifer Beady, who has braided Shields’s hair for the past 2½ years, had flown in from Flint for the job.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2020
“It shows the person has braided legs and that could be a birthing scene,” she said.
From Washington Times ● May 24, 2019
Janet has kilted her green kirtleA little aboon her knee,And she has braided her yellow hairA little aboon her bree,And she’s awa’ to Carterhaugh,As fast as she can hie.
From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang
