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to tendrilled

to tendrilled

9.2
To cover something with thin curling shapes like vines to decorate it
  • verb
: decorar con enredaderas
  • The artist tendrilled the frame with elegant, curling designs inspired by nature.

Examples

  • The craftsman carefully tendrilled the wooden box, making it look like it was wrapped in vines.

  • She tendrilled the invitation cards with gold ink to give them a unique look.

  • The artist tendrilled the vines around the trellis.

  • The wall was beautifully tendrilled with green ivy.

  • The artist tendrilled the frame with elegant, curling designs inspired by nature.

  • She tendrilled the invitation cards with gold ink to give them a unique look.

  • The craftsman carefully tendrilled the wooden box, making it look like it was wrapped in vines.

Synonyms

to gadrooned
vsto tendrilled
9.9

To decorate an object with a row of rounded bumps along its edge

focuses on curling plant-like tendril shapes rather than regular convex curves

Surface Forms

tendrilled infinitive
tendrilled past
tendrilled past participle
tendrilling present participle
tendrills third person singular

Morphology

tendrilled = tendril (transparent) = tendril + ed

The ornamental sense is a direct extension: to cover or ornament with tendril-like shapes, so the link to 'tendril' is obvious.

Etymology

Tendrilled comes from tendril, a word for a thin, curling plant thread that comes from a root meaning 'to stretch'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of an artist drawing little vines, so tendrilled means 'decorated or covered with curling, tendril-like shapes'.