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name
A diminutive of the male given names Bradley, Bradly, or Bradford, also used as a formal given name.
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name
A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.
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noun
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.
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noun
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.
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Usage: US
Qualifier: elementary school usage
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noun
A binary radian.
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verb
To attach using a brad.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a small nail
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Broader terms: nail
verb
fasten with brads
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Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
History
Clipping.
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.
Across languages
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