brocade
noun
fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
brocaded
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past participleof brocade.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof brocade.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
brocadenounfabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
Example Sentences
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The majestic costumes of Catarina Copelli, invoking a rich brocaded world on the brink of disappearance, might be the real superstar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The entire cast could behave as cold and stiffly as corpses, and as long as we're also wheeled through brocaded beauty and inspired grotesquery, this follow-up will have done its job.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2020
Consider his “Madonna at the Fountain,” in which the beatific Mary hovers in three dimensions before a brocaded carpet, held aloft by two rainbow-winged angels.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2020
“There was none of this,” he said, motioning toward finely brocaded upholstery, plush silks and a mantelpiece crowded with photographs of world leaders the king had known.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
She flung open the drawers of the bureau and the door of the closet, filled with saris of every imaginable texture and shade, brocaded with gold and silver threads.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
