Embroider
verb
To decorate cloth by sewing patterns on it with thread.
She embroidered her name on the handkerchief
Often appears as...
- embroider a pattern
- embroider by hand
verb
To add or exaggerate details in a story to make it more interesting or entertaining.
He embroidered the truth about his past achievements
Often appears as...
- embroider a story
- embroider the truth
Usage tips
Colloquial, Idiomatic
verb
To decorate cloth by sewing patterns on it with thread.
She embroidered her name on the handkerchief
Often appears as...
- embroider a pattern
- embroider by hand
verb
To add or exaggerate details in a story to make it more interesting or entertaining.
He embroidered the truth about his past achievements
Often appears as...
- embroider a story
- embroider the truth
Usage tips
Colloquial, Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Decorative Use
Embroider refers to adding decorative stitches, often combined with colorful threads, to enhance fabric.
She decided to embroider flowers along the border of the tablecloth.
Pro Tip 2/3Hand vs Machine
Embroidery can be done by hand for a personal touch or by a machine for consistency and mass production.
Grandma prefers to embroider by hand, while the factory uses machines.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Embroidery styles can vary by culture and contain specific symbols or patterns with historical meaning.
The traditional dress she wore was embroidered with ancient tribal motifs.
Pro Tip 1/3Decorative Use
Embroider refers to adding decorative stitches, often combined with colorful threads, to enhance fabric.
She decided to embroider flowers along the border of the tablecloth.
Pro Tip 2/3Hand vs Machine
Embroidery can be done by hand for a personal touch or by a machine for consistency and mass production.
Grandma prefers to embroider by hand, while the factory uses machines.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Embroidery styles can vary by culture and contain specific symbols or patterns with historical meaning.
The traditional dress she wore was embroidered with ancient tribal motifs.
Pro Tip 1/3Decorative Use
Embroider refers to adding decorative stitches, often combined with colorful threads, to enhance fabric.
She decided to embroider flowers along the border of the tablecloth.
Pro Tip 2/3Hand vs Machine
Embroidery can be done by hand for a personal touch or by a machine for consistency and mass production.
Grandma prefers to embroider by hand, while the factory uses machines.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Embroidery styles can vary by culture and contain specific symbols or patterns with historical meaning.
The traditional dress she wore was embroidered with ancient tribal motifs.
Never forget "Embroider"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Biker Chicks PIPE National...
those those establishments some women even wear badges or embroidered patches that brand them as male property the terminology property of sounds a little demeaning but if you're familiar with about lifestyle you know what it really means for me I take it as you know this
Video examples
The Aztecs: From Empire...
walking through the community up to the commercial center of zac apostle which was the most important town for the merchants in the area the nawa men dressed in white cotton trousers and shirts and the women wore these blouses embroidered with mythological figures
Video examples
Language around gender...
and memorize it and move on getting to know her. In fact, we might even celebrate her by gifting her with a sweatshirt or an embroidered pillow that celebrates the name she has chosen for herself. And just like your Nana and your grandma,
Video examples
"Everything happens for...
I felt like I was floating, floating on the love and prayers of all those who hummed around me like worker bees, bringing me notes and socks and flowers and quilts embroidered with words of encouragement. But when they sat beside me,
Video examples
What gardening taught me...
It was hiding behind leftover patches of linoleum on the worn-out floor my mother was having removed. The workman was busy when the garden caught my attention. My eyes became glued to the patterns of embroidered roses
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
He says "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with gold and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
He says "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with gold and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your
Video examples
Ashraf Ghani: How to fix...
that are only for foreigners -- and the same bloody shirt embroidered time and again. What we want is a partnership with the Italian design firms. Yeah, we have the best embroiderers in the world!
Video examples
Kabuki: The people's...
continues to delight audiences with the actors' elaborate makeup, extravagant and delicately embroidered costumes, and the unmistakable melodrama of the stories told on stage.
Video examples
A swarm of mini drones...
and intelligence for personality. that's the illusion, an illusion created by technology and embroidered by our imagination
Video examples
Biker Chicks PIPE National...
those those establishments some women even wear badges or embroidered patches that brand them as male property the terminology property of sounds a little demeaning but if you're familiar with about lifestyle you know what it really means for me I take it as you know this
Video examples
The Aztecs: From Empire...
walking through the community up to the commercial center of zac apostle which was the most important town for the merchants in the area the nawa men dressed in white cotton trousers and shirts and the women wore these blouses embroidered with mythological figures
Video examples
Language around gender...
and memorize it and move on getting to know her. In fact, we might even celebrate her by gifting her with a sweatshirt or an embroidered pillow that celebrates the name she has chosen for herself. And just like your Nana and your grandma,
Video examples
"Everything happens for...
I felt like I was floating, floating on the love and prayers of all those who hummed around me like worker bees, bringing me notes and socks and flowers and quilts embroidered with words of encouragement. But when they sat beside me,
Video examples
What gardening taught me...
It was hiding behind leftover patches of linoleum on the worn-out floor my mother was having removed. The workman was busy when the garden caught my attention. My eyes became glued to the patterns of embroidered roses
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
He says "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with gold and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
He says "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with gold and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your
Video examples
Ashraf Ghani: How to fix...
that are only for foreigners -- and the same bloody shirt embroidered time and again. What we want is a partnership with the Italian design firms. Yeah, we have the best embroiderers in the world!
Video examples
Kabuki: The people's...
continues to delight audiences with the actors' elaborate makeup, extravagant and delicately embroidered costumes, and the unmistakable melodrama of the stories told on stage.
Video examples
A swarm of mini drones...
and intelligence for personality. that's the illusion, an illusion created by technology and embroidered by our imagination
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Julia Glass
American Novelist
A fine memoir is to a fine novel as a well-wrought blanket is to a fancifully embroidered patchwork quilt. The memoir, a logical creation, dissects and dignifies reality. Fiction, wholly extravagant, magnifies it and gives it moral shape. Fiction has no practical purpose. Fiction, after all, is art.
Quote examples
Jessica Brown Findlay
English Actress
I like to accessorise shirts with a little ribbon tied round my collar or a country style ascot. I've also sewed little hearts on some of my sleeves which I've done for years because I always wear my heart on my sleeve so if you see a little embroidered heart on my clothes, that's why!
Quote examples
Lady Colin Campbell
British Writer
When I was a child I loved my dolls and I was practically born with a needle in my hand. I really had an aptitude for sewing - my mother taught me. I even learned to embroider when I was very young and I made the most fantastic dresses for my dolls. So I thought I could be a designer.
Quote examples
W. G. Sebald
German Writer
There is a beauty in nature and culture that we no longer have access to. Those things you can't forget, you embroider... The further you tell, the further you travel from truth, which means, of course, that literature is a lie.
Quote examples
Alice Sebold
American Writer
I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn't it weirder to want to be like everyone else?
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
Quote examples
Maira Kalman
American Author
I still do have the little lunch bag that my mother made out of a towel and embroidered with my name on it for when I went to kindergarten.
Quote examples
Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more.
Quote examples
Voltaire
French Writer
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
Quote examples
Spencer Tracy
American Actor
Concentrate, don't embroider.
Quote examples
Julia Glass
American Novelist
A fine memoir is to a fine novel as a well-wrought blanket is to a fancifully embroidered patchwork quilt. The memoir, a logical creation, dissects and dignifies reality. Fiction, wholly extravagant, magnifies it and gives it moral shape. Fiction has no practical purpose. Fiction, after all, is art.
Quote examples
Jessica Brown Findlay
English Actress
I like to accessorise shirts with a little ribbon tied round my collar or a country style ascot. I've also sewed little hearts on some of my sleeves which I've done for years because I always wear my heart on my sleeve so if you see a little embroidered heart on my clothes, that's why!
Quote examples
Lady Colin Campbell
British Writer
When I was a child I loved my dolls and I was practically born with a needle in my hand. I really had an aptitude for sewing - my mother taught me. I even learned to embroider when I was very young and I made the most fantastic dresses for my dolls. So I thought I could be a designer.
Quote examples
W. G. Sebald
German Writer
There is a beauty in nature and culture that we no longer have access to. Those things you can't forget, you embroider... The further you tell, the further you travel from truth, which means, of course, that literature is a lie.
Quote examples
Alice Sebold
American Writer
I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn't it weirder to want to be like everyone else?
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
Quote examples
Maira Kalman
American Author
I still do have the little lunch bag that my mother made out of a towel and embroidered with my name on it for when I went to kindergarten.
Quote examples
Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more.
Quote examples
Voltaire
French Writer
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
Quote examples
Spencer Tracy
American Actor
Concentrate, don't embroider.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension