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Broider

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To ornament with needlework; embroider.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To embroider.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To embroider.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To adorn with figures of needlework, or by sewing on ornaments; embroider: as, “a broidered coat,” Ex. xxviii. 4.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. decorate with needlework

Word Usage

"Verily not, said Habundia, nor why thou art not clad in the fair green gown which thou didst broider; for whiles I have seen the witch flaunting it on the wooden ugly body of her, and thou wouldst not wear it after she had cursed it with her foulness."

Verb Form

broidered broidering broiders

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

grace decorate beautify ornament adorn

Hyponym

purl faggot fagot

Form

broidered

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

embroider