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embroider

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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.

[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).]

em·broider·er n.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.embroider - decorate with needlework
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
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] vtbordar;
(fig) [+ story]; adornar, embellecer

embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vtbroder;
(fig) [+ story]; enjoliver

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

embroider [ɪmˈbrɔɪdəʳ] vtricamare;
(fig) [+ story]; abbellire

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
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


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Did they embroider slippers and tobacco pouches and hat-bands and things for you?
Then when we have got all the names we can we will embroider them on the squares.
Billington, and dance like Hillisberg or Parisot; and embroider beautifully; and spell as well as a Dixonary itself; but she had such a kindly, smiling, tender, gentle, generous heart of her own, as won the love of everybody who came near her, from Minerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tart-woman's daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the young ladies in the Mall.
 
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