worsted

/ˈwʊstɪd/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈwʊstɪd/

worsted

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Past ending sound

wor - sted -> worsted

Myanmar meaning

သိုးမွှေးချည်အနုစား။ ၎င်းနှင့် ယက်လုပ်သော အထည်။

Full entry

worsted /'wƱstÇd/ n [U]

သိုးမွေးအထည်စ။ a grey worsted suit.

More examples

‘It supplies wool-based coloured tops, worsted yarns and fabric.’
‘The pattern calls for 100g of green worsted weight, and 100g of the Canadiana is 182 m (200 yards for my Yankee neighbours).’
‘I don't have any DK weight yarn for the Ursule hat, but I have worsted, so I will be trying a test run of the Shining Star hat.’
‘I'd use a DK weight yarn, though, because worsted might get a bit heavy.’
‘Local historian and Keighley News columnist Ian Dewhirst says the mill was built - at a cost of £25, 000 - in the 1870s by manufacturer James Collingham, for machine combing and spinning worsted yarns.’
‘The company has four units engaged in the production of worsted yarn at Secunderabad, Bulandshahar, UP, texturised yarn and grey fabrics and grey and dyed fabrics at Ludhiana (two units) and cotton and polyester viscose yarn at Baddi.’
‘The ad says that people who buy into the discount plan get worsted weight yarn for $2.92.’
‘And since you're using an Aran or worsted weight yarn, there are a lot of options for yarn - so it can be a relatively inexpensive sweater, or you can splurge without breaking the bank.’
‘Botany/Merino wool is a fine wool made from worsted wool yarn.’
‘The spokesman added: ‘The worsted spinning side of the business will continue after the summer shutdown to complete existing customers' orders.’’
‘It's definitely a worsted weight yarn, but I can't be entirely sure.’
‘In addition to darning and plain sewing, she provided instruction in fancy needlework, tambouring, and embroidery in silk and worsted.’
‘Cheney was a worsted wool usually used for furnishings but sometimes for informal, at-home attire, which is exactly where banyans were worn.’
‘In the 14th and 15th centuries textile manufacture became the dominant industry, especially of cloths called worsteds after a local village.’
‘This facility is producing fabrics with luxurious finishes in a range of worsted and synthetic fabrics for the moderate to better markets.’
‘The final winner was Eriskay fabric, a worsted material with an unusual honeycomb texture, designed by Catherine Murray from Bute Fabrics.’
‘Overall the market is difficult but there's a lot of interest in our lightweight worsted suitings and jacketings for spring 2006.’
‘Boys usually wore grey worsted shorts and grey flannel shirts, with the senior boys sometimes permitted to wear long trousers, a monogrammed school blazer, white shirt, sometimes with a starched collar, and school tie.’
‘Wealthy people were able to dress and furnish their homes with cottons and silk-needlework textiles from India; woven and painted silks from China; silks, woolens, and worsteds from Great Britain; and fine linens from the Continent.’
‘Fine Bradford worsteds are particularly prized and companies such as John Foster of England sell 60 per cent of their suitings in Japan.’

Synonyms

beaten, bested, defeated, vanquished, outdone, abash, accomplish, achieve, acquire, affected, aghast, annihilate, annoy, arrive, assassinate, avail, baffle, baffled, balk, balked, bamboozle, bash, be successful, be victorious, beat, belittle, benefit, best, bewilder, blast, blow out of water, bother, bring down, bring to knees, bulldoze, bury, cap, carry off, cashmere, chapfallen, chase, cheat, checkmate, circumvent, circumvented, clean up on, clobber, come off, come out on top, complaining, con, confound, confuse, conquer, conquered, control, convict, cowed, cream, crestfallen, crush, crushed, cut to pieces, debunk, deceive, defeat, defeat overwhelmingly, defeat soundly, defeat; kill, defraud, demoralize, depressed, despondent, destroy, devastated, disappointed, discomfit, discomfited, discompose, disconcert, disconcerted, discontented, discountenance, discouraged, discover, discredit, disenchanted, disgruntled, disheartened, disillusioned, dispatch, dispel, dispose of, dissatisfied, distance, distressed, disturb, do all right, do in, do the trick, down, down in the dumps, downcast, downhearted, drive off, drown, drub, dupe, earn, embarrass, end run, end-run, execute, expel, expose, exterminate, fabric, fake out, faze, figure out, finagle, finish, fleece, flourish, fluster, foil, foiled, fox, frustrate, frustrate; confuse, frustrated, fulfill, fur, gain, get, get around, get rid of, get the better of, get to the top, goose, grow famous, gull, gyp, hair, hammer, have, highlight, hit, hoax, hoodwink, hopeless, humble, humbled, hunt, hurdle, invalidate, irk, jip, juke, kill

Antonyms

abet, aid, appease, assist, be absent, be honest, bear, begin, build, calm, capitulate, cheerful, clear up, collect, comfort, comforted, commence, compose, conceal, construct, contented, create, delight, delighted, depart, enchanted, encourage, encouraged, enlighten, excited, explain, fail, forfeit, fulfilled, gather, give, give birth, give in, give up, guard, happy, heartened, help, hide, hinder, initiate, introduce, keep, languish, leave, lose, maintain, make happy, miss, offer, order, pass, please, pleased, precede, protect, reassure, release, relinquish, retreat, satisfied, save, secrete, settle, soothe, start, store, succumb, support, surrender, unworried, win, yield