| Pronunciation: | | em'broyduree
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| Matching Terms: | | embroider, embroidered, embroiderer, embroideress, embroidery frame, embroidery hoop, embroidery needle
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- [n] decorative needlework
- [n] elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
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| | Synonyms: | | embellishment, fancywork |
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| | See Also: | | candlewick, crewelwork, cross-stitch, cutwork, drawnwork, elaboration, enlargement, expansion, hemstitch, needlepoint, sampler, sewing, smocking, stitchery |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Em*broid"er*y\, n.; pl. {Embroideries}.
1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.;
also, the art of embroidering.
2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures
and colors; variegated decoration.
Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed.
--Addison.
A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. --J. A.
Symonds.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are embroidering, symbolizes your ability to make the best of everything that comes your way. |
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| | Related Terms: | | adjunct, adornment, applique, arrangement, basting, beauties, binding, buttonholing, color, color patterns, colors, colors of rhetoric, crochet, decor, decoration, elaboration, elegant variation, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonry, figure, figure of speech, fine writing, floridity, floridness, flourish, flower arrangement, floweriness, flowers of speech, frill, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture, illumination, knitting, lushness, luxuriance, macrame, needlepoint, netting, ornament, ornamentation, petit point, purple patches, quilting, ribbing, tatting, trim, trimming, window dressing |
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