Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To supply (furniture) with stuffing, springs, cushions, and covering fabric.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To furnish with hangings, curtains, carpets, and the like, and, by extension, with furniture of different kinds.
- To provide with textile coverings, together with cushions, stuffing, springs, etc., as a chair or sofa.
- Hence To provide with any covering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc..
- noun obsolete A broker.
- noun obsolete An upholsterer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
fit padding ,stuffing ,springs ,webbing andfabric covering tofurniture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Or for something more comfortable, upholster a small bedroom chair in terry cloth.
Upgrade Your Bath 2011
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I would also paint the chairs and maybe get some bright, patterned fabric to upholster the chairs.
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I want a rolling jalopy one that I can paint sparkly lime green and upholster with mexican striped plankets and a solid sunbrella top with 8 inch fringe on the sides ..... yeah, yeah, but we all have our dreams and I usually find a way to make mine come close ....
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First, I'd like to express my sympathy for whatever embossed little creatures Jaguar uses to upholster the upper deck of this car, the Jaguar XJ Supersport.
Jaguar Builds a Primped and Pampered Monster Dan Neil 2010
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I want a rolling jalopy one that I can paint sparkly lime green and upholster with mexican striped plankets and a solid sunbrella top with 8 inch fringe on the sides ..... yeah, yeah, but we all have our dreams and I usually find a way to make mine come close ....
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All I will say is that much as you don't go around carrying change in your vag, you don't upholster a human being.
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 6 Recap: Bridesmaid Revisited 2010
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I want a rolling jalopy one that I can paint sparkly lime green and upholster with mexican striped plankets and a solid sunbrella top with 8 inch fringe on the sides ..... yeah, yeah, but we all have our dreams and I usually find a way to make mine come close ....
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I can't tolerate those who upholster ANYTHING with McMurphy plaid.
The Lunatic Fringe Anne Johnson 2009
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That Molly/Lunette chick really needs to get her sorry ass to an upholster and fast. that is one not-so-comfy-looking-couch.
Tuning In 2007
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The wood is mahogany, and we'd of course re-upholster them said Ginny.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: SETTING UP HOUSE Maggie Jochild 2007
dbemily commented on the word upholster
Just for fun
February 14, 2010
oroboros commented on the word upholster
Change one letter to make it a different word with the same definition, viz.: "to cover, in a way".
Answer here.
August 16, 2014