Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

braided

/ˈbɹeɪdɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: braid-ed
IPA: /ˈbɹeɪdɪd/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of braid

adj

Plaited, woven, entwined.

adj

Divided into several channels.

Example Sentences

"That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls."
"Further upstream, at the gravel mining site near the mouth of Sweetwater Creek, the Arroyo Seco channel is very braided and shallow with some exposed bedrock ledges."

Inflected Forms

more braided (comparative) most braided (superlative)

Derived Forms

braidedness cobraided unbraided

Phrases

braided belt braided river

Rhymes With

traded upgraded persuaded raided shaded evaded paraded bladed unaided blockaded waded dissuaded

Questions

How do you pronounce braided?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹeɪdɪd/.
What does braided mean?: simple past and past participle of braid

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