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braided

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braid·ed  (brdd)
adj.
1.
a. Produced by or as if by braiding.
b. Having braids.
2. Decorated with braid.
3. Flowing in an interconnected network of channels that divide and reunite: a braided stream.
braided [ˈbreɪdɪd]
adj
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (of a river or stream) flowing in several shallow interconnected channels separated by banks of deposited material
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.braided - woven by (or as if by) braiding; "braided cordage"
woven - made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole; "woven fabrics"; "woven baskets"; "the incidents woven into the story"; "folk songs woven into a symphony"
Translations
braided [ˈbreɪdɪd] adj [garment] → galonné(e)


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I'm giving Anne that half dozen braided rugs I have in the garret.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Rapunzel had magnificent long hair, fine as spun gold, and when she heard the voice of the enchantress she unfastened her braided tresses, wound them round one of the hooks of the window above, and then the hair fell twenty ells down, and the enchantress climbed up by it.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
At one extremity the rope was unstranded, and the separate spread yarns were all braided and woven round the socket of the harpoon; the pole was then driven hard up into the socket; from the lower end the rope was traced half way along the pole's length, and firmly secured so, with intertwistings of twine.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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