braided

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. woven by (or as if by) braiding“braided cordage”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

decorated \decorated\ adj. having decorations. [Narrower terms: beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly; bedaubed; bespectacled, monocled, spectacled; braided; brocaded, embossed, raised; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne, enameled; crested, plumed having a decorative plume); crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested; embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled, ringed, wreathed; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked out; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly, ruffled; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid; inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled, wainscoted; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled; tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out] Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.

Syn: adorned. [WordNet 1.5]

Braid \Braid\ (br[=a]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braided; p. pr. & vb. n. Braiding.] [OE. braiden, breiden, to pull, reach, braid, AS. bregdan to move to and fro, to weave; akin. to Icel. breg[eth]a, D. breiden to knit, OS. bregdan to weave, OHG. brettan to brandish. Cf. Broid.] [1913 Webster]

1.To weave, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait. [1913 Webster]

Braid your locks with rosy twine.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations. [1913 Webster]

3.To reproach. [Obs.] See Upbraid. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

braided \braided\ adj.

1.adorned with braid; as, his braided collar. [WordNet 1.5]

2.formed into a braid or braids; as, braided hair. [PJC]

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