embroider

Verb

Meaning

To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dramatize pad lard embellish aggrandize aggrandise dramatise color fudge develop colour elaborate enhance stretch disguise
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Antonyms

deflate minify reduce contract decrease assume
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Hypernyms

grace amplify decorate ornament exaggerate adorn

Hyponyms

glorify fagot faggot purl

Derivatives

embroidered embroidering

Examples

I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So... I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill. Jane Austen

Memory is fiction. We select the brightest and the darkest, ignoring what we are ashamed of, and so embroider the broad tapestry of our lives. Isabel Allende

Why do we embroider everything we say with special emphasis when all we really need to do is simply say what needs to he said? Of course the fact is that there is very little that needs to be said. Charles Bukowski

I'm not "filled with my art". I ain't got no art. I've got only a kind of craftsman's skill, and make stories as I make biscuits or embroider underwear or wrap up packages. Rose Wilder Lane

Don't use an axe to embroider. Malay Proverb

Rom. 3) Women would embroider the edges of the garments and often stitch small colorful stone beads on them as well. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

embrocation embroglio embroid embroiderer embroideress embroidering