Synonyms of the word

braid

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To start into motion.
• v. (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
• v. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
• v. (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
• n. (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
• n. A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
• n. A fancy; freak; caprice.
• adj. (obsolete) deceitful.

adorn

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• n. (obsolete) adornment.

beautify

• v. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.

braiding

• v. present participle of braid.
• n. A braided trimming used as decoration on clothes or curtains.

coif

• n. A hairdo.
• n. A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until XVIII century; after that worn…
• n. An item of chain mail headgear.
• n. An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
• v. (transitive) To style or arrange hair.

coiffure

• n. hairstyle.
• v. (transitive) to style or arrange hair.

decorate

• v. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
• v. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
• v. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further…

embellish

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• v. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

grace

• n. (not countable) Elegant movement; poise or balance.
• n. (not countable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
• n. (not countable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited divine assistance given…
• n. (not countable, theology) Divine assistance in resisting sin.
• n. (countable) Short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
• n. (finance) An allowance of time granted for a debtor during which he is free of at least part of his normal…
• n. (card games) A special move in a solitaire or patience game that is normally against the rules.
• v. (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
• v. (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
• v. (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
• v. (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

hairdo

• n. A hairstyle.
• n. A haircut.

hairstyle

• n. The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.

interweave

• v. To combine two things through weaving.

lace

• n. (uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.^W.
• n. (countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten…
• n. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
• n. (slang, obsolete) Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
• v. (transitive) To fasten (something) with laces.
• v. (transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
• v. (transitive) To interweave items.
• v. (transitive) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
• v. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
• v. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.

ornament

• n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
• n. A Christmas tree decoration.
• n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
• v. To decorate.
• v. To add to.

passementerie

• n. A decorative piece of lace or other cloth on clothes.
• n. Trimmings consisting of braids, cords, beads, tinsel, etc.

plait

• n. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
• n. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
• v. (transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat.
• v. (transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid;.

pleach

• v. (transitive) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.

tissue

• n. Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
• n. A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver…
• n. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a…
• n. Absorbent paper as material.
• n. (biology) A group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job.
• n. Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
• v. To form tissue of; to interweave.

tress

• n. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
• n. (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.
• v. To braid or knot hair.

trim

• v. (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'…
• v. (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
• v. (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust pitch using trim tabs.
• v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast;…
• v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially…
• v. (dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
• v. (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
• v. (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
• v. (transitive, dated) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
• n. (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
• n. (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
• n. Dress; gear; ornaments.
• n. (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
• n. (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse.
• n. (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast;…
• n. (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
• adj. Physically fit.
• adj. Slender, lean.
• adj. Neat or smart in appearance.
• adv. (nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
• adv. (nautical) With sails well trimmed.

trimming

• n. The act of someone who trims.
• n. Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
• n. An accompaniment to a meal.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastisting.
• v. present participle of trim.

twist

• n. A twisting force.
• n. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
• n. The form given in twisting.
• n. The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
• n. A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
• n. A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
• n. A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
• n. A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
• n. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
• n. A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See.
• n. A rotation of the body when diving.
• n. A sprain, especially to the ankle.
• n. (obsolete) A twig.
• n. (slang) A girl, a woman.
• n. (obsolete) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
• n. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
• n. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
• n. (obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
• n. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
• v. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
• v. To join together by twining one part around another.
• v. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
• v. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
• v. (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
• v. To turn a knob etc.
• v. To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
• v. To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
• v. To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
• v. (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
• v. (transitive) To cause to rotate.
• v. (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
• v. (transitive) To coax.
• v. (card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

weave

• v. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
• v. To spin a cocoon or a web.
• v. To unite by close connection or intermixture.
• v. To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
• n. A type or way of weaving.
• n. Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural…
• v. (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
• v. (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.