Embroidery










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Embroidery \Em*broid"er*y\, n.; pl. Embroideries.

1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.;
also, the art of embroidering.
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2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures
and colors; variegated decoration.
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Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed.
--Addison.
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A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. --J. A.
Symonds.
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embroidery
n 1: elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative
(sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been
heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
[syn: embellishment, embroidery]

2: decorative needlework [syn: embroidery, fancywork]
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embroidery [imbrɔidəriː]
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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "embroidery":
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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