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em·broi·der
(ĕm-broi′dər)v. em·broi·dered, em·broi·der·ing, em·broi·ders
v.tr.
1. To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover.
2. To make by means of needlework: embroider a design on a bedspread.
3. To add embellishments or fanciful details to: embroider the truth.
v.intr.
1. To make needlework.
2. To add embellishments or fanciful details.
[Middle English embrouderen, partly from embrouden (from brouden, broiden, braided, embroidered, from Old English brogden, past participle of bregdan, to weave; see braid) and partly from Old French embroder (en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + broder, brosder, to embroider, of Germanic origin).]
em·broi′der·er n.
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embroider
(ɪmˈbrɔɪdə)vb
1. (Knitting & Sewing) to do decorative needlework (upon)
2. to add fictitious or fanciful detail to (a story)
3. to add exaggerated or improbable details to (an account of an event, etc)
[C15: from Old French embroder; see em- en-1, broider]
emˈbroiderer n
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em•broi•der
(ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər)v.t.
1. to decorate with embroidery.
2. to form by or with embroidery.
3. to embellish with ornate language, fictitious details, etc.: He embroidered the account of the shipwreck to hold his listeners' interest.
v.i. 4. to do embroidery.
5. to add elaborating details; embellish (often fol. by on or upon).
[1350–1400; Middle English embroderen]
em•broi′der•er, n.
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embroider
Past participle: embroidered
Gerund: embroidering
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Verb | 1. | embroider - decorate with needlework purl - embroider with gold or silver thread purl - edge or border with gold or silver embroidery |
2. | embroider - add details to glorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
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embroider
verb
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Translations
يُطَرِّزُيُطَرِّز، يُوَشّي
vyšít
brodere
koruommellavärittääkirjaillakirjoa
vesti
hímezkihímez
sauma út
刺繍する
수를 놓다
siuvinėjimassiuvinėti
izšūt
vyšiť
vesti
brodera
เย็บปักถักร้อย
elişiyle süslemeknakış işlemek
thêu
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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embroider
vt cloth → besticken; pattern → sticken; (fig) facts, truth → ausschmücken; to embroider a design on something → ein Muster auf etw (acc) → (auf)sticken
vi → sticken
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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embroider
(imˈbroidə) verb to decorate with designs in needlework. The child embroidered her name on her handkerchief; an embroidered tablecloth.
emˈbroidery nounEmbroidery is one of her hobbies; What a beautiful piece of embroidery!
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embroider
→ يُطَرِّزُ vyšít brodere sticken κεντώ bordar koruommella broder vesti ricamare 刺繍する 수를 놓다 borduren brodere wyhaftować bordar вышивать brodera เย็บปักถักร้อย elişiyle süslemek thêu 刺绣Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009