furbelowed

verb

past tense of furbelow
as in embroidered

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  1. embroidered
  2. fringed
  3. braided
  4. figured
  5. wreathed
  6. laced
  7. hung
  8. painted
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  • Among the most memorable ensembles were a black gown with a skeletal rib cage embroidered across the torso and a floral cape paired with a cathedral-like headdress, injecting funerary imagery into Michele’s signature maximalism.
    — Livia Caligor, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Related Articles Jenner joined her daughter in an equally dramatic look, sporting a black and white velvet hooded cape with two scorpions embroidered across the chest.
    — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of embroidered
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  • The tiny Norwegian archipelago, 68 degrees north of the Arctic Circle and two flights from Oslo, is a distinctive and dramatic landscape with spiky mountains rising from the Norwegian Sea and sandy beaches fringed by fjords.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In flight, hunting mode takes over, and piercing yellow eyes, fringed with blue circles, scour the sea for prey.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of fringed
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  • His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Many had long, black hair braided with beads and strung with bright parrot feathers.
    — Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of braided
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  • At the beginning of Fatherland, no one—not even the aged Mann, played here in a quietly extraordinary performance by Hanns Zischler—has figured that out.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Knowing Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos’ strong affinity for Bamford’s comedy, Apatow figured that would happen.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • In the bathroom, there are shuttered windows wreathed with Como silk and a luscious roll-top bath.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • On a hill wreathed in mist above the dark sea that runs between New Zealand’s North and South Islands, Ward and others crossed rugged farmland late on Tuesday night, carrying seven crates in silence by dim red torchlight.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of wreathed
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  • A couple of years after the financial crisis, Kevin Warsh, Mark Carney, and Donald Kohn laced up their hiking boots and headed out of the hubbub that is the Jackson Hole Symposium.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • After a Jackson Chourio lead-off single, Christian Yelich laced a triple into the gap to give Milwaukee an early lead.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of laced
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  • Overcast skies hung low over a nearby hillside in full autumn color.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In May of that year, Walzer and I sat in their kitchen and talked amid boxes waiting to be unpacked and paintings waiting to be hung.
    — Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of hung
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  • Present-day designer Philippe Starck is credited with the modern update of the hotel’s aesthetic and his daughter Ara painted a large ceiling tapestry for the restaurant.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • An Airbus plane painted in Spirit Airlines' livery sits at an AerSale's facility in Goodyear, Arizona.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of painted
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