embroider

v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.

v.tr.

1. To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover.
2. To make by means of needlework: embroider a design on a bedspread.
3. To add embellishments or fanciful details to: embroider the truth.

v.intr.

1. To make needlework.
2. To add embellishments or fanciful details.

[Middle English embrouderen, partly from embrouden (from brouden, broiden, braided, embroidered , from Old English brogden, past participle of bregdan, to weave; see braid) and partly from Old French embroder (en-, intensive pref.; see en-¹ + broder, brosder, to embroider , of Germanic origin).]

embroiderer em·broi'der·er n.

v

Definition: elaborate
Antonyms: simplify

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IN BRIEF: To stitch designs and pictures on cloth with a needle and colored threads.

I will embroider the team name on the team's jackets.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: decorate with needlework
  Synonym: broider

Meaning #2: add details to
  Synonyms: pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - brodere, brodere på
v. intr. - overbrodere

Nederlands (Dutch)
borduren, handwerken, aandikken, voortborduren op

Français (French)
v. tr. - broder, (fig) broder sur, enjoliver (une histoire)
v. intr. - broder, faire de la broderie

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausschmücken, sticken, besticken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κεντώ, διανθίζω, γαρνίρω

Italiano (Italian)
infiorare, ricamare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - bordar

Русский (Russian)
вышивать, расписывать, приукрашивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - abultar, exagerar, hinchar, inflar, bordar
v. intr. - hacer bordado, embellecer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - brodera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
刺绣, 装饰, 镶边, 绣花

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 刺繡, 裝飾, 鑲邊
v. intr. - 繡花, 刺繡

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 수놓다, 과장하다
v. intr. - 자수하다, 과장하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 刺繍する, 尾ひれを付ける, 潤色する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفرز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮רקם, קישט‬
v. intr. - ‮רקם, קישט, הגזים‬

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