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21work — I. v. n. 1. Act, operate, be in action. 2. Labor, toil, moil, drudge, be or keep at work, be diligent, be industrious. 3. Move, perform, succeed, get on. 4. Strive, endeavor, aim, attempt, try, exert one s self. 5. Ferment, effervesce. 6. Heave,… …
22embroider — /ɛmˈbrɔɪdə / (say em broyduh) verb (t) 1. to decorate with ornamental needlework. 2. to produce or form in needlework. 3. to adorn or embellish rhetorically, especially with fictitious additions: * We can t go on he said … Short, curt, too tired… …
23brad — [brad] n. [ME brod < ON broddr, point, arrow < Gmc * bruzda: see BROIDER] a thin wire nail of uniform thickness with a small head that is sometimes off center vt. bradded, bradding to fasten with brads …
24embroider — [em broi′dər, imbroi′dər] vt. [ME embrouderen < OFr embroder: see EN 1 & BROIDER] 1. to ornament (fabric) with a design in needlework 2. to make (a design, etc.) on fabric with needlework 3. to embellish (an account or report); add fanciful… …
25brodequin — ˈbrōdəkə̇n, räd noun ( s) Etymology: alteration (influenced by French brodequin) of earlier brodekin, brodkin, from Middle English brodkyn, from Middle French brodequin, alteration (influenced by broder to embroider) of brosequin, of non Indo… …
26Browder — /brow deuhr/, n. Earl Russell, 1891 1973, U.S. Communist party leader 1930 45. * * * browder, re obs. forms of broider v …
27broidering — broidˈering noun • • • Main Entry: ↑broider …
28broi|der — «BROY duhr», transitive verb. Archaic. 1. to embroider. 2. Figurative. to adorn: »The violet, crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broider d the ground (John Milton). ╂[< Middle French broder < Old French brosder; influenced by archaic… …
29brouder — brouder, re etc., obs. form of broider, etc …
