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suede
also suède (swād)n.
1. Leather with a soft napped surface.
2. Fabric made to resemble suede.
[Short for Suède gloves, partial translation of French gants de Suède, gloves of Sweden, from Suède, Sweden.]
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suede
(sweɪd)n
(Tanning)
a. a leather finished with a fine velvet-like nap, usually on the flesh side of the skin or hide, produced by abrasive action
b. (as modifier): a suede coat.
[C19: from French gants de Suède, literally: gloves from Sweden]
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suede
or suède
(sweɪd)n., v. sued•ed or suèd•ed, sued•ing or suèd•ing. n.
1. kid or other leather finished with a soft, napped surface.
2. Also called suede′ cloth`. a fabric with a napped surface suggesting this.
v.t. 3. to treat so as to raise a nap on (leather, cloth, etc.).
v.i. 4. to raise a nap on leather, cloth, etc.
[1855–60; < French (gants de) Suède (gloves from) Sweden]
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Noun | 1. | suede - leather with a napped surface leather - an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning |
2. | suede - a fabric made to resemble suede leather cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" Ultrasuede - a synthetic suede cloth |
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Translations
جِلْدُ مُزَأبَرجِلْد ناعِم: شَمْواه
glazérukavičkářská useňsemiš
ruskind
mokkanahka
jelenja koža
antilopbõr
rúskinn
スエード
스웨이드 가죽
zamšs
glacé
mocka
หนังกลับชนิดนิ่ม
da lộn
suede
suède [sweɪd]A. N → ante m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
suede
[ˈsweɪd]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
suede
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
suede,
suède
(sweid) noun, adjective (of) leather from a sheep or lamb etc with a soft, rough surface. suede shoes.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
suede
→ جِلْدُ مُزَأبَر semiš ruskind Wildleder καστόρι ante mokkanahka daim jelenja koža pelle scamosciata スエード 스웨이드 가죽 suède semsket skinn zamsz camurça замша mocka หนังกลับชนิดนิ่ม süet da lộn 小山羊皮Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009