"crewel" meaning in English

See crewel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹuː.əl/, /ˈkɹuːl/ Forms: crewels [plural]
Rhymes: -uːəl, -uːl Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} crewel (countable and uncountable, plural crewels)
  1. Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: crewelwork Translations (worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery): hímzőfonal (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-crewel-en-noun-EGzvYUxy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cruel

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɹuː.əl/, /ˈkɹuːl/ Forms: crewels [present, singular, third-person], crewelling [participle, present], creweling [US, participle, present], crewelled [participle, past], crewelled [past], creweled [US, participle, past], creweled [US, past]
Rhymes: -uːəl, -uːl Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=+|past2_qual=US|pres_ptc2=+|pres_ptc2_qual=US}} crewel (third-person singular simple present crewels, present participle crewelling or (US) creweling, simple past and past participle crewelled or (US) creweled)
  1. (transitive) To make (embroidery) using the crewel method. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-crewel-en-verb-xpnGoBX3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cruel

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:",
          "text": "First for a May-fly: you may make his body with greenish colored crewel or willowish color",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery."
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        ]
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        }
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    }
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        "Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery."
      ],
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    },
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      "word": "hímzőfonal"
    }
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        "participle",
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      "form": "crewelled",
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        "To make (embroidery) using the crewel method."
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        "(transitive) To make (embroidery) using the crewel method."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɹuː.əl/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɹuːl/"
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    },
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