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 [ɪmˈbrɔɪdə]

vb

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to do decorative needlework (upon)

2. to add fictitious or fanciful detail to (a story)

3. to add exaggerated or improbable details to (an account of an event, etc.)

[from Old French embroder; see em- en-¹, broider]

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"

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embroider

verb

1. sew, decorate, stitch, ornament I had a pillow with my name embroidered on it.

2. elaborate, colour, exaggerate, dress up, varnish, embellish He said he didn't lie, he just embroidered the truth a little.

Translations

embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ]

A. VT

1. (= sew) → bordar

2. (fig) (= embellish) [+ truth, facts, story] → adornar

B. VI → bordar

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embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdə^r] vt

(= sew) → broder

(fig) (= embellish) [+ story] → enjoliver

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embroider

vt cloth → besticken; pattern → sticken; (fig) facts, truth → ausschmücken; to embroider a design on something → ein Muster auf etw (acc) → (auf)sticken

vi → sticken

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embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vt → ricamare (fig) (truth, facts, story) → ricamare su, abbellire

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embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vt → ricamare (fig) (truth, facts, story) → ricamare su, 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 kirjailla broder לִרקוֹם बेलबूटे काढ़ना vesti (ki)hímez membordir sauma út ricamare 刺しゅうする 수를 놓다 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 kirjailu broderie רִקמָה कशीदाकारी vezenje, vez hímzés bordiran útsaumur ricamo 刺しゅう 자수 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

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embroider → يُزَين vyšít brodere sticken κεντώ bordar koruommella broder vesti ricamare 刺繍する 수를 놓다 borduren brodere wyhaftować bordar вышивать brodera เย็บปักถักร้อย elişiyle süslemek thêu 刺绣