embroider
/ɪmˈbrɔɪdə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪmˈbrɔɪdə/
ɪmˈbrɔɪdə
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
ɪm - ˈbrɔɪdə -> embroider
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ ~ A (on B)/ ~ B (with A) ပန်းထိုးသည်။
an embroidered blouse ❍ She embroidered flowers on the cushion (ie gold thread). ❍ She embroidered the cushion with flowers.
၂။ ကွန့်သည်။ ချဲ့သည်။
He's inclined to embroider the facts.
❏ embroidery /-dǝri/ n
၁။ (က) [U, C] ပန်းထိုးထည်။ a beautiful piece of embroidery ❍ Indian embroideries.
(ခ) [U] ပန်းထိုးအတတ်။ ပန်းထိုးခြင်း။
He's good at embroidery.
၂။ [U] ချဲ့ကားမှု။ အကွန့်အညွန့်။
One needs to strip away the embroidery from the official statement.
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sew, stitch, detail, adorn, adornment, aggrandize, amplify, beautify, bedeck, blow up, blow-up, braid, build up, color, cross-stitch, deck, decorate, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, exaggerate, exaggerate information, expand, falsify, fix up, fudge, garnish, gild, gussy up, heighten, hyperbolize, inflate, knit, lie, magnify, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, ornament, overdo, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, overstate, pad, pattern, play up, puff, quilt, romanticize, spread on thick, spruce up, stretch, stretch the truth, trim, weave pattern, work, yeast
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