0 past simple and past participle of embroider --
1 to decorate cloth or clothing with patterns or pictures consisting of stitches that are sewn directly onto the material: --
2 to make a story more entertaining by adding imaginary details to it: --
Naturally, I embroidered the tale a little to make it more interesting.
Regulations are being embroidered that should not be embroidered.
The point cannot usefully be embroidered.
It is not virtuous, even when embroidered with all the safeguards.
He has embroidered his argument a little too much and is dealing with matters that are outside the strict terms of the amendment.
But he sent me abbreviated notes—the warp and weft—and he has embroidered a rich tapestry from them.
That so-called bottom drawer contained embroidered tablecloths, pillow cases and that kind of thing.
The next example is of embroidered linen tea cloths.
Once it has been processed, bleached, printed, embroidered or otherwise decorated, it becomes liable to tax.
