embroider
pronunciation
How to pronounce embroider in British English:
UK [ɪmˈbrɔɪdə(r)]
How to pronounce embroider in American English:
US [ɪmˈbrɔɪdər]
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- Verb:
- decorate with needlework
- add details to
Word Origin
- embroider (v.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French enbrouder, from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + broisder "embroider," from Frankish *brozdon, from Proto-Germanic *bruzdajan. Spelling with -oi- is from c. 1600, perhaps by influence of broiden, irregular alternative Middle English past participle of braid (v.). Related: Embroidered; embroidering.
Example
- 1. All of the embroideries are directed and checked by the national advanced technical masters , and are made by skilled embroider girls .
- 2. Semi-needle embroidery like , and definitely not rocking to and fro , because the time to embroider well , is a vast .
- 3. Following the sun and getting up , following the moon and returning , I embroider the earth heavily and this is a glorious and sacred bounden duty , our destiny .
- 4. To ornament or embroider with hemstitches .
- 5. Pick something.do you embroider ?