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# upholster

verb (upholster, upholsters, upholstered, upholstering)

«upholster» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To cover a chair, sofa or car seat with padding, springs and cloth or leather so it is soft to sit on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/#m1)
2. (upholstered, as an adjective) Covered with soft padding and fabric, like an upholstered armchair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used about furniture, cars and the work of a craftsperson called an upholsterer; in stories it shows comfort or wealth (a velvet-upholstered seat). Phrases: upholster a sofa, re-upholster an old chair, upholstered in leather, upholstery fabric. In design and technology lessons it names a real trade.

### Examples

- My grandad learned to upholster chairs when he was young. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/#x1)
- We are going to upholster the old sofa in blue fabric. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/#x2)
- The car seats are upholstered in grey cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/#x3)
- She re-upholstered the dining chairs herself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/#x4)
- The cinema had soft red upholstered seats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/#x5)
- It costs a lot to have a big armchair upholstered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/#x6)
- The cat scratched the upholstery to bits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: upholstered, upholstering. The person is an upholsterer; the materials and the job are upholstery (uncountable). Spelling trap: up-hol-ster, not "upholdster". Re-upholster means to do it again with new cloth.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «upholster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upholster/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«upholster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upholster.html) on Mova free.