Embroider

v. t.

1.

To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. [imp. & p. p. Embroidered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Embroidering.] Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. - Ex. xxviii. 39.

Verb	1.	embroider - decorate with needlework Synonyms: broider
	2.	embroider - add details to Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, embellish, pad, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow up

aggrandize, amplify, applique, array, baste, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, belie, bind, blazon, build up, buttonhole, camouflage, color, convolute, crochet, cross-stitch, dandify, deck, deck out, disguise, distend, distort, dizen, doll up, dramatize, dress, dress up, elaborate, emblazon, enhance, enlarge upon, enrich, expand, falsify, fell, festoon, fig out, fix up, flourish, fudge, furbish, garble, garnish, gather, gild, gloss, gloss over, grace, gussy up, hyperbolize, involve, knit, load with ornament, machine-stitch, magnify, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, overcast, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overelaborate, overemphasize, overestimate, overhand, overlay, overload, overpaint, pad, paint, pervert, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, purl, quilt, redecorate, redo, refurbish, renter, run, saddle-stitch, seam, set off, set out, single-stitch, slant, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, strain, stretch, stretch the truth, tack, tat, titivate, trick out, trick up, twist, understate, varnish, warp, whip, whipstitch, whitewash

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