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verb (used with object)
1.
to decorate with ornamental needlework.
2.
to produce or form in needlework.
3.
to adorn or embellish rhetorically, especially with ornate language or fictitious details: He embroidered the account of the shipwreck to hold his listeners' interest.
verb (used without object)
4.
to do embroidery.
5.
to add embellishments; exaggerate (often followed by on or upon).
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Origin:
1350–1400; em-1 + broider; replacing Middle English embroderen, frequentative of embroden < Middle French embro(u)der, equivalent to em- em-1 + Old French brosder, derivative of brosd < Germanic (see brad)
1350–1400; em-1 + broider; replacing Middle English embroderen, frequentative of embroden < Middle French embro(u)der, equivalent to em- em-1 + Old French brosder, derivative of brosd < Germanic (see brad)
Related forms
em·broi·der·er, noun
o·ver·em·broi·der, verb (used with object)
un·em·broi·dered, adjective
Synonyms
3. elaborate, exaggerate, color, fancify.
3. elaborate, exaggerate, color, fancify.
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embroider
c.1400, from Anglo-Norm. enbrouder, from en- "in" + broisder "embroider," from Frank. *brozdon, from P.Gmc. *bruzdajanan. Influenced by O.E. brogden, pp. of bregad "to weave" (see braid).
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