embroider
[verb]
Synonyms: color, embellish, exaggerate, fudge, magnify, overcharge, overdraw, overpaint, overstate, pad, stretch

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Contrasted words: deemphasize, minimize, play (down), underestimate, understate
Related Idioms: lay it on thick, stretch (or strain) the truth
Related Words: aggrandize, amplify, build up, distend, elaborate, enhance, enlarge (upon), expand, dramatize, hyperbolize, overdo, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

em‧broi‧der /ɪmˈbrɔɪdə $ -ər/ verb
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: enbrouder, from Old French brouder 'to embroider']

1. [intransitive and transitive] to decorate cloth by sewing a pattern, picture, or words on it with coloured threads
embroider something with something
The dress was embroidered with flowers.
embroider something on something
A colourful design was embroidered on the sleeve of the shirt.
a richly embroidered jacket

2. [transitive] to make a story or report of events more interesting or exciting by adding details that are not true Synonym : embellish

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

embroider
verb
ADV. beautifully, delicately, exquisitely | heavily, richly a robe of richly embroidered silk
PREP. on She embroidered flowers on the front of the dress.
with She embroidered the dress with flowers.

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