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upholster en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈpɐl.stə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • /əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

Back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”), from Middle English upholdester, variant of Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold + -ster. Sense development as well as form may have been influenced by conflation with unrelated bolster.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture).

Forms

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upholstering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
upholstered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
upholstered Tense=Past lexicographic
upholsters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

reupholsterer · upholstering · re-upholster · reupholstery · upholstered · well-upholstered · reupholster · upholsterable · unupholstered

Translations (24)

fo polstra (fit padding etc. to furniture) · ca entapissar (fit padding etc. to furniture) · de polstern (fit padding etc. to furniture) · nl bekleden (fit padding etc. to furniture) · mi whakapuru (fit padding etc. to furniture) · eo remburi (fit padding etc. to furniture) · el επιπλοστρώνω (fit padding etc. to furniture) · hu kárpitoz (fit padding etc. to furniture) · ar مُنَجِّد (fit padding etc. to furniture) · mi whakapurupuru (fit padding etc. to furniture) · ro capitona (fit padding etc. to furniture) · fi verhoilla (fit padding etc. to furniture) · it tappezzare (fit padding etc. to furniture) · ga cumhdaigh (fit padding etc. to furniture) · de aufpolstern (fit padding etc. to furniture) · es tapizar (fit padding etc. to furniture) · bg тапицирам (fit padding etc. to furniture) · nl polsteren (fit padding etc. to furniture) · ro tapisa (fit padding etc. to furniture) · ru оби́ть (fit padding etc. to furniture) · fo bólstra (fit padding etc. to furniture) · de tapezieren (fit padding etc. to furniture) · ru обива́ть (fit padding etc. to furniture) · mk тапаци́ра (fit padding etc. to furniture)

upholster en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈpɐl.stə(ɹ)/ (UK)
  • /əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English upholdester, upholster; equivalent to uphold + -ster.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) An upholder, a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture.

Forms

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upholdster alternative lexicographic
upholsters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

upholsterer · upholstery