Verb embroider has 2 senses
  1. embroider, broider - decorate with needlework
    --1 is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
    Derived forms: noun embroiderer1, noun embroidery2
    Sample sentence:
    They embroider the cape
  2. embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise - add details to
    --2 is one way to overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
    Derived form: noun embroidery1
    Sample sentence:
    They won't embroider the story
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