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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 needleworkplay

  Familiarity information: BROIDER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BROIDER (verb)


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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