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BROIDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does broider mean?
• BROIDER (verb)
The verb BROIDER has 1 sense:
1. decorate with needlework
Familiarity information: BROIDER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Decorate with needlework
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
broider; embroider
Hypernyms (to "broider" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
"Broider" entails doing...:
run up; sew; sew together; stitch (fasten by sewing; do needlework)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "broider"):
faggot; fagot (ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch)
purl (embroider with gold or silver thread)
purl (edge or border with gold or silver embroidery)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They broider the cape
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