bride
//bɹaɪd//
Forms
- Plural
- brides
Definitions
1.A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
- Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
2.an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4907
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”).
Cognates