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brad

(brăd)

A thin wire nail with a small head or a slight side projection instead of a head.

[Middle English, from Old Norse broddr, spike.]

brad v.

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brad

(bræd)

(Tools) a small tapered nail having a small head that is either symmetrical or formed on one side only

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

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brad

(bræd)

n., v. brad•ded, brad•ding. n.

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

v.t.

2. to fasten with brads.

[1425–75; late Middle English brad, dial. variant of Middle English brod(d) sprout, shoot, nail]

brad

- A small or thin wire nail, it is from Old Norse broddr, "spike."

brad

[bræd] N → puntilla f, clavito m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

brad

n → Stift m

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Noun	1.	brad - a small nail nail - a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
Verb	1.	brad - fasten with brads fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"