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🧑‍🦱 A braided hairstyle 🧑‍🦱 To braid hair
to cornrow

to cornrow

1 6.7
To braid hair into narrow, tight rows that lie flat against the scalp
  • verb
  • /ˈkɔrnˌroʊ/
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  • This way, I was able to cornrow my hair underneath and not have to deal with it.
  • cornrow your hair

Examples

  • His hair was cornrowed, and one eye peered unnaturally to the side.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • And there you go, super curly braided, cornrowed, half cornrowed and dreaded twisted hair.

  • You try to cornrow that motherfucker.

    Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002)

  • There was a magician and someone who could cornrow the girls' hair and apply henna tattoos.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Esther fell silent as her deft fingers continued to cornrow Pearl.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Cornrow your eyebrows?

    Evan Almighty (2007)

  • Cornrow your eyebrows?

    Evan Almighty (2007)

  • She decided to cornrow her hair for the summer, as it would help keep it neat and manageable.

  • After washing her hair, she planned to cornrow it into tight rows to prepare for her vacation.

  • He watched a tutorial online to learn how to cornrow his sister's hair before the party.

Synonyms

to braid
vsto cornrow
33 2.0

To weave three or more strands of material together

is focused on narrow flat rows tightly woven along the scalp
to plait
vsto cornrow
  • UK
2 5.5

To braid hair, thread, or plants by crossing strands together

is arranged in narrow tight rows that lie flat against the scalp

Surface Forms

cornrow infinitive
cornrowed past
cornrowed past participle
cornrowing present participle
cornrows third person singular

Etymology

Cornrow as a verb comes from the same idea: corn + row meaning 'rows of corn', because braiding the hair in long, tight lines looks like making neat rows in a field, so to cornrow hair is to braid it into those close, straight rows.