Embroidery
noun
The craft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn.
She is an expert in embroidery and can create beautiful designs on clothes.
Often appears as...
- hand embroidery
- embroidery work
noun
Embroidered work or ornamentation.
The dress has beautiful embroidery of flowers on it.
Often appears as...
- floral embroidery
- embroidery pattern
noun
Exaggeration or embellishment in the description or reporting of events.
He is known for the embroidery he adds to his travel stories.
Often appears as...
- embroidery of truth
- embroidery of facts
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Disapproving
noun
The craft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn.
She is an expert in embroidery and can create beautiful designs on clothes.
Often appears as...
- hand embroidery
- embroidery work
noun
Embroidered work or ornamentation.
The dress has beautiful embroidery of flowers on it.
Often appears as...
- floral embroidery
- embroidery pattern
noun
Exaggeration or embellishment in the description or reporting of events.
He is known for the embroidery he adds to his travel stories.
Often appears as...
- embroidery of truth
- embroidery of facts
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Craft
Embroidery is often treasured in cultures as a traditional craft, reflecting heritage and artistic ability.
Her grandmother passed down the family's embroidery techniques.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Skill
Embroidery as a craft can be self-taught or learned in classes, showcasing creativity and patience.
She developed her embroidery skills by watching tutorials online.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Fabric
Embroidery applies to more materials than just fabric; it can include items like hats, bags, and shoes.
The cap featured an intricate embroidery design.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Craft
Embroidery is often treasured in cultures as a traditional craft, reflecting heritage and artistic ability.
Her grandmother passed down the family's embroidery techniques.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Skill
Embroidery as a craft can be self-taught or learned in classes, showcasing creativity and patience.
She developed her embroidery skills by watching tutorials online.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Fabric
Embroidery applies to more materials than just fabric; it can include items like hats, bags, and shoes.
The cap featured an intricate embroidery design.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Craft
Embroidery is often treasured in cultures as a traditional craft, reflecting heritage and artistic ability.
Her grandmother passed down the family's embroidery techniques.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Skill
Embroidery as a craft can be self-taught or learned in classes, showcasing creativity and patience.
She developed her embroidery skills by watching tutorials online.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Fabric
Embroidery applies to more materials than just fabric; it can include items like hats, bags, and shoes.
The cap featured an intricate embroidery design.
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Cocaine Shipment at JFK...
Heroin, cocaine, we used to get stuff in the embroidery of this, inside the lining. A lot of times, what they try to do is nickel and dime. So they'll put little baggies of coke inside of little handicrafts. You always got to check. You gotta cut it open. This one is what it is. OFFICER All right, I've seen enough.
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Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
working for her embroidery business. And then, when she had to transport all of the embroidery goods from the village to the marketplace, she needed someone to help her do the transport, so she hired her husband. So now they're in it together.
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The Chinese legend of...
Adjusting her disguise, Zhu Yingtai prepared to bid her parents goodbye. She had always been a dutiful daughter— staying home and creating works of embroidery that brought her parents pride.
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Cocaine Shipment at JFK...
Heroin, cocaine, we used to get stuff in the embroidery of this, inside the lining. A lot of times, what they try to do is nickel and dime. So they'll put little baggies of coke inside of little handicrafts. You always got to check. You gotta cut it open. This one is what it is. OFFICER All right, I've seen enough.
Video examples
Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
working for her embroidery business. And then, when she had to transport all of the embroidery goods from the village to the marketplace, she needed someone to help her do the transport, so she hired her husband. So now they're in it together.
Video examples
The Chinese legend of...
Adjusting her disguise, Zhu Yingtai prepared to bid her parents goodbye. She had always been a dutiful daughter— staying home and creating works of embroidery that brought her parents pride.
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Quote examples
Masaba Gupta
Indian Designer
When I was growing up, I always saw brides around me under tremendous stress. The pressure to dress a certain way, wear a certain amount of jewelry and make-up... I saw how uncomfortable it was. So I decided that, if I do get married, I'll be someone who puts comfort first, and then looks at her options for cut, color, embroidery or jewelry.
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Naeem Khan
Indian Designer
The design process usually starts as a fantasy, with ideas that I dream of and visualize. These ideas become a reality by bringing various ingredients together, from the lifestyle of my bride, her age and sex appeal, to the textures of the finest fabrics and embroideries that we produce in my family factories in India.
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Jamie Hewlett
English Artist
My mum was into pottery and embroidery, very artistic, and she knew some people from the college, which I think was how I got into it. My dad, who was a head-hunter, was also an incredible artist, and when he was very young, he was a really good cartoonist.
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Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
Nature is a divine art; it cannot be the artist. It is a dominical book and cannot be the scribe. It is an embroidery and cannot be the embroiderer. It is a register and cannot be the accountant. It is the law and cannot be the power.
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Lynn Abbey
American Author
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.
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R. Buckminster Fuller
American Inventor
Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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Neha Dhupia
Indian Actress
Ritu Kumar's clothes are totally great. Her embroidery is perfect. She lives up to her name over and over again.
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Mao Zedong
Chinese Leader
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.
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Dries van Noten
Belgian Designer
I'm known for color and prints and embroideries.
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Gina Barreca
American Comedian
The '60s had edge; the '70s had embroidery.
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Masaba Gupta
Indian Designer
When I was growing up, I always saw brides around me under tremendous stress. The pressure to dress a certain way, wear a certain amount of jewelry and make-up... I saw how uncomfortable it was. So I decided that, if I do get married, I'll be someone who puts comfort first, and then looks at her options for cut, color, embroidery or jewelry.
Quote examples
Naeem Khan
Indian Designer
The design process usually starts as a fantasy, with ideas that I dream of and visualize. These ideas become a reality by bringing various ingredients together, from the lifestyle of my bride, her age and sex appeal, to the textures of the finest fabrics and embroideries that we produce in my family factories in India.
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Jamie Hewlett
English Artist
My mum was into pottery and embroidery, very artistic, and she knew some people from the college, which I think was how I got into it. My dad, who was a head-hunter, was also an incredible artist, and when he was very young, he was a really good cartoonist.
Quote examples
Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
Nature is a divine art; it cannot be the artist. It is a dominical book and cannot be the scribe. It is an embroidery and cannot be the embroiderer. It is a register and cannot be the accountant. It is the law and cannot be the power.
Quote examples
Lynn Abbey
American Author
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.
Quote examples
R. Buckminster Fuller
American Inventor
Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
Quote examples
Neha Dhupia
Indian Actress
Ritu Kumar's clothes are totally great. Her embroidery is perfect. She lives up to her name over and over again.
Quote examples
Mao Zedong
Chinese Leader
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.
Quote examples
Dries van Noten
Belgian Designer
I'm known for color and prints and embroideries.
Quote examples
Gina Barreca
American Comedian
The '60s had edge; the '70s had embroidery.
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