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embroider

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \im-ˈbrȯi-dər\
    • /ɪmˈbrɔɪ.dər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \im-ˈbrȯi-dər\

Definitions of embroider word

  • noun embroider Decorate (cloth) by sewing patterns on it with thread. 1
  • transitive verb embroider sew a design onto 1
  • intransitive verb embroider design: sew onto sth 1
  • transitive verb embroider add invented details to 1
  • verb embroider If something such as clothing or cloth is embroidered with a design, the design is stitched into it. 0
  • verb embroider If you embroider a story or account of something, or if you embroider on it, you try to make it more interesting by adding details which may be untrue. 0

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Parts of speech for Embroider

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

embroider popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

embroider usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for embroider

verb embroider

  • sew — to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).
  • stitch — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
  • cross-stitch — Cross-stitch is a type of decorative sewing where one stitch crosses another.
  • trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
  • decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.

Antonyms for embroider

verb embroider

  • harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
  • abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
  • compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
  • condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
  • contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.

Top questions with embroider

  • how to embroider?
  • how to embroider letters?
  • how to embroider a patch?
  • how to hand embroider?
  • how to embroider by hand?
  • how to embroider a hat?
  • what does embroider mean?
  • how to embroider letters by hand?
  • how to embroider a shirt?
  • how to embroider flowers?
  • how to embroider with a sewing machine?
  • how to embroider words?
  • how to hand embroider letters?
  • how to machine embroider?
  • how to hand embroider handkerchiefs?

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