# abraid

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈbɹeɪd/

## Definitions
1. To wrench (something) out.
2. To unsheathe a blade, draw a weapon.
3. To wake up.
4. To spring, start, make a sudden movement.
5. To shout out.
6. To rise in the stomach with nausea.

## Etymology
From Middle English abraiden, abreiden (“to start up, awake, move, reproach”), from Old English ābreġdan (“to move quickly, vibrate, draw, draw from, remove, unsheath, wrench, pull out, withdraw, take away, draw back, free from, draw up, raise, lift up, start up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *bregdaną (“to move, swing”), of uncertain further origin. Equivalent to a- + braid. Related to Dutch breien (“to knit”), German bretten (“to knit”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abraid