What does embroidery mean?

Definitions for embroidery
ɛmˈbrɔɪ də ri, -driem·broi·de·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. embellishment, embroiderynoun

    elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

    "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

  2. embroidery, fancyworknoun

    decorative needlework

Wiktionary

  1. embroiderynoun

    The ornamentation of fabric using needlework.

  2. embroiderynoun

    A piece of embroidered fabric.

  3. embroiderynoun

    The elaboration of an account etc. with details, especially when fictitious.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Embroiderynoun

    Etymology: from embroider.

    Write,
    In emrald tuffs, flow’rs purfled, blue and white,
    Like saphire, pearl, in rich embroidery,
    Buckled below fair knighthood’s bending knee. William Shakespeare.

    Laces and embroideries are more costly than either warm or comely. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.

    Next these a youthful train their vows express’d,
    With feathers crown’d, with gay embroidery dress’d. Alexander Pope.

    If the natural embroidery of the meadows were helpt and improved by art, a man might make a pretty landskip of his own possessions. Spectator, №. 414.

Wikipedia

  1. Embroidery

    Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on caps, hats, coats, overlays, blankets, dress shirts, denim, dresses, stockings, scarfs, and golf shirts. Embroidery is available in a wide variety of thread or yarn colour. Some of the basic techniques or stitches of the earliest embroidery are chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, and cross stitch. Those stitches remain the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today.

ChatGPT

  1. embroidery

    Embroidery is a craft or an art form where patterns, designs, or images are created on a piece of fabric, typically using a needle and thread or yarn. It is often used to adorn clothing, upholstery, decor, or other cloth items. Techniques can vary based on the type of stitch used, the complexity of the design, and the type of thread or yarn used. Some popular types of embroidery include cross-stitch, needlepoint, and crewelwork.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Embroiderynoun

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

  2. Embroiderynoun

    diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration

Wikidata

  1. Embroidery

    Embroidery is the handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. Embroidery is most often recommended for caps, hats, coats, blankets, dress shirts, denim, stockings, and golf shirts. Embroidery is available with a wide variety of thread or yarn color. A characteristic of embroidery is that the basic techniques or stitches of the earliest work—chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, cross stitch—remain the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today. Machine embroidery, arising in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, mimics hand embroidery, especially in the use of chain stitches, but the "satin stitch" and hemming stitches of machine work rely on the use of multiple threads and resemble hand work in their appearance, not their construction.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of embroidery in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of embroidery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of embroidery in a Sentence

  1. Mao Zedong:

    Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly and modestly.

  2. Mao Zedong:

    A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

  3. Wes Gordon:

    This season my vision was to really focus on the idea of a grand gesture, of the drama of a disciplined exuberance, adding in that discipline. And, whether it's the sleeve or an embroidery or the color, finding out that one thing that's at the heart of the piece, and letting that shine, going all in for it, the Carolina Herrera woman is bold, she's colorful, she's the center of the party, she's never looking for a wardrobe to disappear or blend in. I often say that, on a rainy gray day such as today, when everyone on the sidewalk will be in a black coat, the Carolina Herrera woman is in hot pink.

  4. Noel Duan:

    This whole exhibition was about celebrating the influence of Chinese fashion -- yet no one understood the significance of Rihanna wearing a yellow cape with traditional Chinese embroidery, it's disappointing but not surprising.

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