brad

UK: /bræd/ US: /bræd/ ,(brad)

Inflections of 'brad' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

brads

v 3rd person singular

bradding

v pres p

bradded

v past

bradded

v past p

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brad /bræd/   n. [countable]

1. Building a small, thin nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.

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brad  (brad), n., v., brad•ded, brad•ding. 
n. 

1. Building a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end. See illus. under nail. 

v.t. 

2. Building to fasten with brads.

• Old Norse braddr, cognate with Old English brord spike (see braird)
• late Middle English brad, dialect, dialectal variant of Middle English brod(d) sprout, shoot, nail 1425–75

Brad  (brad), n. 

1. a male given name.

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brad / bræd/ noun

1. a small tapered nail having a small head that is either symmetrical or formed on one side only

Etymology: Old English brord point, prick; related to Old Norse broddr spike, sting, Old High German brort edge