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Definition of "broider" [broid•er]

  • To ornament with needlework; embroider. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "broider" in a sentence
  • "The sword broider'd was burn'd up, so hot was that blood,"
  • "With 'broider'd coat and lace-frill'd throat, and jewels rich and rare,"
  • "Verily not, said Habundia, nor why thou art not clad in the fair green gown which thou didst broider; for whiles I have seen the witch flaunting it on the wooden ugly body of her, and thou wouldst not wear it after she had cursed it with her foulness."