to filigree
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8.1
- verb
- /ˈfɪlɪɡri/
:
filigranar
- She filigreed the edges of the paper with gold foil, giving it an elegant touch.
- filigreed with gold
Examples
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The artisan carefully filigreed the pendant with delicate silver wire, creating an intricate pattern.
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The man hefted his body to a sitting position while he scratched his shoulders awake and cleared heavy phlegm into a tin can that had begun to filigree with rust.
Fiction book (1993) -
Moon-colored vines filigree my secret hair.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her black rivet dress was filigreed with dust; she had walked out of her Rimes some time ago.
Fiction book (1993) -
Graffiti filigrees its vanilla stucco walls.
Academic text (2007) -
Hell, you can go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and see a wall of old guns engraved and filigreed by Tiffany & Co.
Blog text (6) -
Slabs of limestone had tumbled from the falls and lay broken in the creek bed, filigreed with fossils.
Fiction book (2000) -
During the workshop, participants learned how to filigree jewelry using fine strands of gold.
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Etymology
Filigree as a verb comes from the same root fil- 'thread', like filament. So to filigree something is to decorate it by twisting thin wires into fine, thread-like patterns.