Embroidery

Em-broid′er-y

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Embroideries

.

1.

Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

2.

Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

Fields in spring’s

embroidery

are dressed.

Addison.

A mere rhetorical

embroidery

of phrases.

J. A. Symonds.

Embroidery

EMBROID'ERY

,

Noun.

Work in gold, silver or silk thread, formed by the needle on cloth, stuffs and muslin, into various figures; variegated needle-work.

1.

Variegation or diversity of figures and colors; as the natural embroidery of meadows.

embroidery

English

Noun

embroidery ‎(countable and uncountable, plural embroideries)

The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.
A piece of embroidered fabric.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess:
  ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

Translations

ornamentation

Bulgarian: бродерия (bg) f ‎(broderija)
Catalan: brodat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺繡 (zh), 刺绣 (zh) ‎(cìxiù)
Corsican: frisgiuleghji
Finnish: koruompelu (fi), kirjonta (fi)
French: broderie (fr) f
German: Stickerei f, Sticken n
Greek: κέντημα (el) n ‎(kéntima)
Hindi: चिक काढना ‎(cik kāḍhanā)
Hungarian: hímzés (hu), kézimunka (hu)
Irish: bróidnéireacht f
Italian: ricamo (it)
Japanese: 刺繍 ‎(ししゅう, shishū), エンブロイダリー ‎(enburoidarī)
Norman: brod'die f

Korean: 자수 (ko) ‎(jasu) (刺繡 (ko))
Kurdish: nexş (ku)
Latin: acupictura f
Macedonian: везење n ‎(vezenje), вез m ‎(vez)
Mongolian: хэтрүүлэг (mn) ‎(hetrüüleg)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: broderi n

Nynorsk: broderi n
Old English: blēocræft m
Polish: haft (pl) m
Portuguese: bordado (pt) m
Russian: вышива́ние (ru) n ‎(vyšivánije)
Sicilian: raccamu
Spanish: bordado (es)
Swedish: broderi (sv)
Tagalog: burdá
Vietnamese: đồ thêu
Wolof: dawume

fabric

Bulgarian: бродерия (bg) f ‎(broderija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺繡品 (zh), 刺绣品 (zh) ‎(cìxiù pǐn)
Finnish: koruommel, kirjontatyö
French: broderie (fr) f
German: Stickerei f
Greek: κέντημα (el) ‎(kéntima)
Hungarian: hímzés (hu), kézimunka (hu)

Irish: bróidnéireacht f
Norman: brod'die f
Macedonian: вез m ‎(vez)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: broderi n

Nynorsk: broderi n
Portuguese: bordado (pt) m
Russian: вы́шивка (ru) f ‎(výšivka), вышива́ние (ru) n ‎(vyšivánije)

elaboration of an account with details

Finnish: värittäminen (fi)
French: broderie (fr) f

Hungarian: kiszínezés

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Embroidery

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