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SMOCKING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("smocking" is a kind of...):

embroidery; fancywork (decorative needlework)

Derivation:

smock (embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb smock

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