embroider Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb decorate with needlework
    broider.
  2. verb add details to
    dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.

WordNet

Em*broid"er transitive verb
Etymology
OE. embrouden. See Broider.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Embroidered ; present participle & verbal noun Embroidering
Definitions
  1. To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.
    Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39.

Webster 1913