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embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdə] vb
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / 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.) [from Old French embroder; see em- en-1, broider] embroiderer n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
embroider Translations 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 embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vt → ricamare (fig) (truth, facts, story) → ricamare su, abbellire embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vt → ricamare (fig) (truth, facts, story) → ricamare su, abbellire v embroider [imˈbroidə] to decorate with designs in needlework The child embroidered her name on her handkerchief; an embroidered tablecloth. borduur يُطَرِّز، يُوَشّي бродирам vyšít brodere (be)sticken κεντώ bordar tikkima گلدوزی کردن؛ سوزن دوزی کردن kirjailla broder לִרקוֹם बेलबूटे काढ़ना vesti (ki)hímez membordir sauma út ricamare 刺しゅうする 수를 놓다 siuvinėti izšūt menyulam borduren brodere haftować bordar a broda вышивать vyšiť vesti izvesti brodera เย็บปักถักร้อย nakış işlemek 繡(花紋) вишивати کپڑے پر آرائشی کڑھائی کرنا thêu 绣(花纹) n emˈbroidery Embroidery is one of her hobbies; What a beautiful piece of embroidery! borduurwerk تَطْريز، تَوْشِيَه бродерия vyšívání; výšivka broderi die Stickerei κέντημα bordado tikand سوزن دوزی؛ گلدوزی kirjailu broderie רִקמָה कशीदाकारी vezenje, vez hímzés bordiran útsaumur ricamo 刺しゅう 자수 siuvinėjimas izšūšana; izšuvums sulaman borduurwerk brodering, broderi haft bordado broderie вышивание; вышивка vyšívanie; výšivka vezenje vez broderi การเย็บปักถักร้อย nakış, elişi 繡花,繡花製品 вишивання; вишивка کڑھائی sự thêu thùa; vải thêu 绣花,绣花制品 embroider → يُزَين 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Did they embroider slippers and tobacco pouches and hat-bands and things for you? Then when we have got all the names we can we will embroider them on the squares. Billington, and dance like Hillisberg or Parisot; and embroider beautifully; and spell as well as a Dixonary itself; but she had such a kindly, smiling, tender, gentle, generous heart of her own, as won the love of everybody who came near her, from Minerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tart-woman's daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the young ladies in the Mall. |
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