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 effort is led by Daphrose Mukarutamu, a statuesque figure in a red embroidered dress and short, sweeping hairdo.
After the Genocide, Rwanda’s Widows Aging Alone | Nina Strochlic | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe dried the teacup with a worn mildewed hand towel, also embroidered with Lily of the Valley.
Short Stories from The Daily Beast: Four Hundred Grand | Elliot Ackerman | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was wearing a strapless, pale yellow dress with embroidered flowers.
Face It—We Rubes Will Never Live Like Gwyneth and Jennifer Aniston | Rachel Bertsche | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe hung rare masks from Papua New Guinea above embroidered Peruvian pillows, and somehow the combination made sense.
Casa de la Torre: The Museum of Mexico’s Liberace | Brandon Presser | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the photo, Sherman stands, dressed in an elaborate embroidered velvet frock coat and vest from the late eighteenth century.
A leather swordbelt, gold-embroidered at the edges, carried a long steel-halted rapier in a leather scabbard chaped with steel.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniShe had herself embroidered them to look like a pair worn by the rich lady whose husband owned the plantation.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeHere it seems to mean a gold-embroidered band, worn as a chaplet.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerHis tobacco pouch, which he laid upon the table, was a fantastic embroidered silk affair, evidently the handiwork of a woman.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinViolet embroidered two beautiful eyes in black and white, and a jet black nose-tip.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
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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