embroider

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

em·broi·der [embroider embroiders embroidered embroidering] BrE [ɪmˈbrɔɪdə(r)] NAmE [ɪmˈbrɔɪdər] verb
1. transitive, intransitive to decorate cloth with a pattern of stitches usually using coloured thread
•~ A on B She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers.
•~ B with A She embroidered the cushion cover with flowers.
•The sleeves were embroidered in gold.
•~ (sth) an embroidered blouse
•She sat in the window, embroidering.
2. transitive ~ sth to make a story more interesting by adding details that are not always true
Syn: ↑embellish
•He is inclined to embroider the facts.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enbrouder, from en- ‘in, on’ + Old French brouder, broisder ‘decorate with embroidery’, of Germanic origin.

Example Bank:
•She embroidered the dress with flowers.
•a robe of richly embroidered silk

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise, broider