embroider

em·broi·der  (m-broidr)

v. em·broi·dered, em·broi·der·ing, em·broi·ders

v.tr.

1. To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover.

2. To make by means of needlework: embroider a design on a bedspread.

3. To add embellishments or fanciful details to: embroider the truth.

v.intr.

1. To make needlework.

2. To add embellishments or fanciful details.

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[Middle English embrouderen, partly from embrouden (from brouden, broiden, braided, embroidered, from Old English brogden, past participle of bregdan, to weave; see braid) and partly from Old French embroder (en-, intensive pref.; see en-¹ + broder, brosder, to embroider of Germanic origin).]

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em·broider·er n.

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embroider

Verb

1. to do decorative needlework on (a piece of cloth or a garment)

2. to add imaginary details to (a story) [Old French embroder]

embroiderer n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	embroider - decorate with needlework broider faggot, fagot - ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife" purl - embroider with gold or silver thread purl - edge or border with gold or silver embroidery adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
	2.	embroider - add details to aggrandise, aggrandize, embellish, pad, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow up glorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

Translations

embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vt → bordar;

(fig) [+ story]; adornar, embellecer

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embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vt → broder;

(fig) [+ story]; enjoliver

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embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vt (cloth) → besticken (fig) (story) → ausschmücken

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embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vt → ricamare;

(fig) [+ story]; abbellire

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embroider

v embroider [imˈbroidə]

to decorate with designs in needlework The child embroidered her name on her handkerchief; an embroidered tablecloth. borduur يُطَرِّز، يُوَشّي бродирам vyšít brodere (be)sticken κεντώ bordar tikkima گلدوزی کردن؛ سوزن دوزی کردن kirjoa broder לִרקוֹם बेलबूटे काढ़ना vesti (ki)hímez membordir sauma út ricamare 刺しゅうする 수놓다, 자수하다 siuvinėti izšūt menyulam borduren brodere haftować bordar a broda вышивать vyšiť vesti izvesti brodera เย็บปักถักร้อย nakış işlemek 繡(花紋) вишивати کپڑے پر آرائشی کڑھائی کرنا thêu 绣（花纹）

n emˈbroidery

Embroidery is one of her hobbies; What a beautiful piece of embroidery! borduurwerk تَطْريز، تَوْشِيَه бродерия vyšívání; výšivka broderi die Stickerei κέντημα bordado tikand سوزن دوزی؛ گلدوزی kirjonta broderie רִקמָה कशीदाकारी vezenje, vez hímzés bordiran útsaumur ricamo 刺しゅう 자수(품) siuvinėjimas izšūšana; izšuvums sulaman borduurwerk brodering, broderi haft bordado broderie вышивание; вышивка vyšívanie; výšivka vezenje vez broderi การเย็บปักถักร้อย nakış, elişi 繡花，繡花製品 вишивання; вишивка کڑھائی sự thêu thùa; vải thêu 绣花，绣花制品