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EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryDefinition
- transitive verb
- : to ornament with needlework: to form with needlework
- : to elaborate on : embellish //embroider a story
- intransitive verb
- : to make embroidery
- : to provide embellishments : elaborate
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
color elaborate (on) embellish exaggerate hyperbolize magnify pad stretchExamples
- //She embroidered tiny flowers on the baby's scarf.
- //a scarf embroidered with tiny flowers
- //He is known to embroider the truth about his service in the army.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1aHistory and Etymology
alteration of Middle English embroderen, from Anglo-French embrouder, from en- + brosder, brouder to embroider, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brord point, byrst bristleembroider
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Definition
- transitive verb
- : to ornament with needlework: to form with needlework
- : to elaborate on : embellish //embroider a story
- intransitive verb
- : to make embroidery
- : to provide embellishments : elaborate
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
color elaborate (on) embellish exaggerate hyperbolize magnify pad stretchExamples
- //She embroidered tiny flowers on the baby's scarf.
- //a scarf embroidered with tiny flowers
- //He is known to embroider the truth about his service in the army.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1aHistory and Etymology
alteration of Middle English embroderen, from Anglo-French embrouder, from en- + brosder, brouder to embroider, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brord point, byrst bristleembroider