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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

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The few hundred in attendance spanned the full spectrum of AfD voters: young men in black bomber jackets and Lonsdale sweaters, elderly couples, barefooted hippies with braided beards.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Nepal's rivers cross a sharp break in slope at the mountain front, drop their sediment, and spread across the plains as braided, shifting channels.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Yurok Tribe construction and fisheries crews pulled up roughly 20 acres of thick asphalt, restored the channel to a mile-long braided waterway and built wetlands and two ponds.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Another young migrant, 18-year-old Matar Top, who has braided hair, arrived from Senegal three years ago with similar hopes of sending money home.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

The river then whisked the canoes under some braided vines that reached across the banks.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

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