embroider
to decorate with ornamental needlework.
to produce or form in needlework.
to adorn or embellish rhetorically, especially with ornate language or fictitious details: He embroidered the account of the shipwreck to hold his listeners' interest.
to do embroidery.
to add embellishments; exaggerate (often followed by on or upon).
Origin of embroider
1Other words for embroider
Other words from embroider
- em·broi·der·er, noun
- o·ver·em·broi·der, verb (used with object)
- un·em·broi·dered, adjective
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How to use embroider in a sentence
The embroiderer bent over her frame with renewed diligence, and shut her lips together in a determined way.
Joyce's Investments | Fannie E. NewberryHangings for the churches, coverings for the altars, robes for the priests, occupied the artist and the embroiderer.
Needlework As Art | Marian AlfordMrs. Peter was the most skilful embroiderer in beads amongst her people, and Peter himself the best canoe-builder.
Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books | Horatia K. F. EdenThe effective worker (designer or embroiderer) is the one who works with judgment—and you cannot judge unless you know.
Art in Needlework | Lewis F. DayThe Japanese embroiderer, instead of knotting his own thread, employed very often a crinkled braid.
Art in Needlework | Lewis F. Day
British Dictionary definitions for embroider
/ (ɪmˈbrɔɪdə) /
to do decorative needlework (upon)
to add fictitious or fanciful detail to (a story)
to add exaggerated or improbable details to (an account of an event, etc)
Origin of embroider
1Derived forms of embroider
- embroiderer, noun
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