Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

braided

British  
/ ˈbreɪdɪd /

adjective

  1. (of a river or stream) flowing in several shallow interconnected channels separated by banks of deposited material

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The teen is wearing black glasses and braided hair styled in a bun with blue highlights.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Dance and food used to feel incompatible in my life; now they feel braided together, a quiet symphony of movement and nourishment.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

A solid 6-foot-4, he wore turquoise jewelry, necklaces, bracelets, rings and a long, braided ponytail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Now Orla is part of a "braided" career project, thought to be a first for Scotland, which is aiming to help reverse that decline.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

His clothes were finely made and colorful, his jerkin and leggings stitched in braided sinew dyed red, and edged in some kind of bird skin stained green.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.