Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Brad

//bɹæd// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A diminutive of the male given names Bradley, Bradly, or Bradford, also used as a formal given name.
"[…] Brad Schimel wants to make sure women don’t have the right to make their own health care decisions. If he wins, that right is gone,” Crawford says in the ad."
2
A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

Noun

1
A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
"Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch."
2
A binary radian.
3
a small nail wordnet
4
A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet. US

Verb

1
To attach using a brad. transitive
2
fasten with brads wordnet
3
To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Late Middle English brad, variant of brod(d), from Old Norse broddr (“spike, shaft”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (compare Old English brord, Old High German brort), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos (compare Welsh brath (“sting, prick”), Albanian bredh (“fir-tree”), Lithuanian bruzdùklis (“bridle”), Czech brzda (“brake”). Doublet of prod.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Clipping.

Next best steps

Find stronger synonyms See usage examples Check pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: brad