Meaning of EMBROIDER
| Pronunciation: | | em'broydur
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- [v] add details to
- [v] decorate with needlework
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| | Synonyms: | | aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, broider, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, lard, pad |
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| | See Also: | | adorn, amplify, beautify, decorate, embellish, exaggerate, glorify, grace, hyerbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, ornament, overdraw, overstate, purl, run up, sew, sew together, stitch | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Em*broid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroidered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Embroidering}.] [OE. embrouden. See {Broider}.]
To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.
Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. --Ex.
xxviii. 39.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The art of embroidery was known to the Jews (Ex. 26:36; 35:35; 38:23; Judg. 5:30; Ps. 45:14). The skill of the women in this art was seen in the preparation of the sacerdotal robes of the high priest (Ex. 28). It seems that the art became hereditary in certain families (1 Chr. 4:21). The Assyrians were also noted for their embroidered robes (Ezek. 27:24). |
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| | Related Terms: | | adorn, aggrandize, amplify, applique, array, baste, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, belie, bind, blazon, build up, buttonhole, camouflage, color, convolute, crochet, cross-stitch, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, disguise, distend, distort, dizen, doll up, dramatize, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish, emblazon, enhance, enlarge upon, enrich, exaggerate, expand, falsify, fell, festoon, fig out, fix up, flourish, fudge, furbish, garble, garnish, gather, gild, gloss, gloss over, grace, gussy up, hyperbolize, involve, knit, load with ornament, machine-stitch, magnify, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, ornament, overcast, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overelaborate, overemphasize, overestimate, overhand, overlay, overload, overpaint, overstate, pad, paint, pervert, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, purl, quilt, redecorate, redo, refurbish, renter, run, saddle-stitch, seam, set off, set out, single-stitch, slant, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, strain, stretch, stretch the truth, tack, tat, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim, twist, understate, varnish, warp, whip, whipstitch, whitewash |
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