embroider
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (2)
- decorate with needleworkSynonyms: broider
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Embroider \Em*broid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroidered; p. pr. & vb. n. Embroidering.] [OE. embrouden. See Broider.] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. [1913 Webster]
Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. --Ex. xxviii. 39. [1913 Webster]