Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective decorated with embroidery.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of embroider.

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Examples

  • I saw the name embroidered on his coveralls, and added an awkward “David.”

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • I saw the name embroidered on his coveralls, and added an awkward “David.”

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • I saw the name embroidered on his coveralls, and added an awkward “David.”

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • The instructor, a short, stocky, ex–Marine sergeant wearing black-rimmed glasses, navy pants, and a short-sleeved maroon shirt that had his name embroidered above the front pocket, was just what I would have expected.

    Muffins and Mayhem Suzanne Beecher 2010

  • Her sweatshirt was the proper colors: maroon with her name embroidered in gold on the left breast.

    She’s So Dead to Us Kieran Scott 2010

  • He pulled a brand-new glove with his name embroidered on it, and he gave it to me.

    WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010

  • The instructor, a short, stocky, ex–Marine sergeant wearing black-rimmed glasses, navy pants, and a short-sleeved maroon shirt that had his name embroidered above the front pocket, was just what I would have expected.

    Muffins and Mayhem Suzanne Beecher 2010

  • Her sweatshirt was the proper colors: maroon with her name embroidered in gold on the left breast.

    She’s So Dead to Us Kieran Scott 2010

  • She hung everything on a hook beside the door and pulled on the crisp white lab coat that had been recently laundered and had her name embroidered on the pocket.

    Unforgivable Laura Griffin 2008

  • I want you to have some with my name embroidered on them angel.

    I Walked The Line Vivan Cash with Ann Sharpsteen 2007

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