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embroidery

noun (embroideries)

«embroidery» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

  1. Embroidery is decorating cloth by sewing patterns on it with coloured thread. tree →
  2. An embroidery is a piece of cloth decorated in this way. tree →

In the lessons

a princess or girl sews patterns, sometimes with magic threads, and the work is taken to market

Examples

  • She stitched flowers in red thread as embroidery. tree →
  • Grandma's tablecloth has beautiful embroidery. tree →
  • The princess spent the winter at her embroidery. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Colorful sewn cloth, taken as treasure in war. In the primary lessons: a princess or girl sews patterns, sometimes with magic threads, and the work is taken to market

Examples

  • A damsel, two damsels to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments of embroidery, two dyed garments of broidery for the neck of every spoiler?' (Prophets JDG.5.30, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/embroidery/