embroider: Meaning and Definition of

em•broi•der

1. to decorate with ornamental needlework.
2. to produce or form in needlework.
3. to adorn or embellish rhetorically, esp. with ornate language or fictitious details: He embroidered the account of the shipwreck to hold his listeners' interest.

1. to do embroidery.
2. to add embellishments; exaggerate (often fol. by on or upon).