embroider
verb /ɪmˈbrɔɪdə(r)/
/ɪmˈbrɔɪdər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they embroider | /ɪmˈbrɔɪdə(r)/ /ɪmˈbrɔɪdər/ |
| he / she / it embroiders | /ɪmˈbrɔɪdəz/ /ɪmˈbrɔɪdərz/ |
| past simple embroidered | /ɪmˈbrɔɪdəd/ /ɪmˈbrɔɪdərd/ |
| past participle embroidered | /ɪmˈbrɔɪdəd/ /ɪmˈbrɔɪdərd/ |
| -ing form embroidering | /ɪmˈbrɔɪdərɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbrɔɪdərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to decorate cloth with a pattern of stitches usually using coloured thread
- embroider A on B She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers.
- embroider B with A She embroidered the cushion cover with flowers.
- The sleeves were embroidered in gold.
- embroider (something) an embroidered blouse
- a robe of richly embroidered silk
- She sat in the window, embroidering.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- beautifully
- delicately
- exquisitely
- …
- on
- with
- [transitive] embroider something to make a story more interesting by adding details that are not always true synonym embellish
- He is inclined to embroider the facts.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enbrouder, from en- ‘in, on’ + Old French brouder, broisder ‘decorate with embroidery’, of Germanic origin.