embroider
Other forms: embroidered; embroidering; embroiders
To embroider means to decorate with needlework. Picture your great grandmother's pillowcases or Hester Prynne's famous scarlet letter "A" — both of those objects are probably embroidered.
To embroider refers to a type of ornamentation or needlework, but another usage of the word embroider means to embellish the truth. For example, if a fisherman sitting on the dock tells you about the 38-inch striped bass he almost caught this morning, he may have found a way to embroider the truth.
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decorate with needlework
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add details tosynonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, lard, padtypes:glorifycause to seem more splendidtype of:amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstateto enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
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