brocaded
Definition
Adjective: - Embellished with a raised pattern: Describes a fabric or material that is decorated with a design that stands out from the surface. This pattern is created through techniques like weaving with additional threads (brocade weaving), embroidery, or pressure/embossing.
Usage
The word "brocaded" is used to describe textiles, clothing, or upholstery that feature a prominent, raised decorative design. It often implies richness, formality, and intricate craftsmanship. - She wore a beautiful brocaded gown to the gala. - The antique chair was covered in brocaded velvet. - The museum displayed a collection of brocaded silks from the 18th century.
Advanced Usage
- Descriptive Use: "Brocaded" can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like 'was').
- Attributive: a brocaded jacket
- Predicative: The fabric was heavily brocaded.
- Figurative Use (Less Common): Occasionally used metaphorically to describe something richly and intricately decorated in a non-literal sense.
- The poet's language was brocaded with complex imagery.
Variants and Related Words
- Brocade (noun/verb): The fabric itself or the act of weaving such fabric.
- Noun: The curtain was made of silver brocade.
- Verb: Artisans brocade the silk with gold thread.
- Embroidered (adj): Decorated with needlework, which can create a similar raised effect but is a different technique.
- Embossed (adj): Having a raised design created by pressure, often on leather or paper.
- Raised (adj): Lifted above the surface; a more general term.
Synonyms
- Embellished: Decorated, adorned.
- Ornate: Elaborately decorated.
- Figured: Woven with a pattern.
- Textured: Having a surface that is not smooth, often with a raised pattern.
Antonyms
- Plain: Without decoration.
- Smooth: Having an even, flat surface.
- Unadorned: Not decorated.
Related Phrases and Collocations
- Brocaded silk/satin/velvet: Specifies the type of fabric.
- Heavily brocaded: Emphasizes the density and prominence of the pattern.
- Intricately brocaded: Emphasizes the complexity and detail of the design.
- Gold-brocaded / Silver-brocaded: Specifies the color or type of thread used in the pattern.
Adjective
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embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery
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brocaded silk
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an embossed satin
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embossed leather
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raised needlework
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raised metalwork
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