embroider
verb (used with object)
to decorate with ornamental needlework.
embroiders
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present tense formof embroider (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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At the same workshop, Getu Derza, 48, carefully embroiders colourful silk threads into intricate patterns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
The supplier embroiders school logos in-house on a range of products including jumpers, sweatshirts, polo shirts and school bags.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023
The New York artist Rachel Rossin is as much a programmer as a painter, and her exhibition embroiders the boundaries around “the human” with knowing reverence.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
A little bit of personal detail embroiders the investigators’ lives, just enough to indicate that feds are people, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
Gisa embroiders at the table, making something beautiful and exquisite and entirely beyond my comprehension.
From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard
