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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•broi•der /ɛmˈbrɔɪdɚ/USA pronunciation v. - Clothing to decorate with embroidery:[~ + object]She embroidered her dress with flowers.
- Clothing to form by or with embroidery:[~ + object]She embroidered flowers on her dress.
- Clothing to do embroidery:[no object]She embroiders as a way of relaxing.
- to add extra or imaginary details;
embellish with ornate language:[~ + object]She embroidered her story to hold her listeners' interest.
em•broi•der•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•broi•der (em broi′dər),USA pronunciation v.t. - Clothingto decorate with ornamental needlework.
- Clothingto produce or form in needlework.
- to adorn or embellish rhetorically, esp. with ornate language or fictitious details:He embroidered the account of the shipwreck to hold his listeners' interest.
v.i. - Clothingto do embroidery.
- to add embellishments;
exaggerate (often fol. by on or upon).
- Gmc (see brad)
- Middle French embro(u)der, equivalent. to em- em-1 + Old French brosder, derivative of brosd
- 1350–1400; em-1 + broider; replacing Middle English embroderen, frequentative of embroden
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged elaborate, exaggerate, color, fancify.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: embroider /ɪmˈbrɔɪdə/ vb - to do decorative needlework (upon)
- to add fictitious or fanciful detail to (a story)
- to add exaggerated or improbable details to (an account of an event, etc)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French embroder; see em- en-1, broideremˈbroiderer n |