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embroyde

embroyde is the alternative form of embroider.

Meaning of embroider

Verb

embroider (third-person singular simple present embroiders, present participle embroidering, simple past and past participle embroidered)

  1. To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.
  2. (figuratively) To add imaginary detail to a narrative to make it more interesting or acceptable.

Forms of embroyde

third-person singular presentembroydes
present participleembroyding
past participleembroyded
pastembroyded

Words formed from embroyde

Questions about embroyde

What is embroyde the alternative form of?
Embroyde is the alternative form of embroider.

Words near embroyde in the dictionary

  1. embrownedst
  2. embrownest
  3. embrowneth
  4. embrowning
  5. embrowns
  6. embroyde
  7. embrue
  8. embrued
  9. embrues
  10. embruing
  11. embrute

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Adapted from Wiktionary: embroyde (page history and authors); embroider (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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