| VERB | creation | embroider, broider | decorate with needlework |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise | add details to |
| Sounds | ihmbroy'der | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | decorate with needlework. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They embroider the cape | |
| Synonym | broider | |
| Entails | sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing |
| Narrower | faggot, fagot | ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch |
| purl | embroider with gold or silver thread | |
| purl | Edge or border with gold or silver embroidery | |
| Broader | decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour / colour, etc. |
| Spanish | bordar | |
| Catalan | brodar | |
| Nouns | embroiderer | someone who ornaments with needlework |
| embroidery | decorative needlework | |
| Meaning | add details to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Model | They won't embroider the story | |
| Synonyms | pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise | |
| Narrower | glorify | Cause to seem more splendid |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Spanish | adornar, decorar, echarle teatro, embellecer, hinchar, meter paja | |
| Catalan | adornar, decorar, embellir, fer bombo, inflar | |
| Nouns | embroidery | elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail |
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