| embroider | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. broider, embroider | decorate with needlework. |
| ~ sew, sew together, stitch, run up | fasten by sewing; do needlework. |
| ~ faggot, fagot | ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch.; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife" |
| ~ purl | embroider with gold or silver thread. |
| ~ purl | edge or border with gold or silver embroidery. |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| v. (communication) | 2. aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad | add details to. |
| ~ glorify | cause to seem more splendid.; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" |
| ~ exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
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