embroider

verb

1 the cushion was embroidered with a pattern of golden keys:

decorate, adorn, ornament, embellish;

sew, stitch.

2 she embroidered her stories with colourful detail:

elaborate, embellish, colour, enlarge on, exaggerate, catastrophize;

add detail to, go into detail about, flesh out, add flesh to;

touch up, dress up, gild, ginger up;

informal jazz up.

▷antonyms simplify.

embroider Oxford Dictionary of English