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# embroider

verb (embroider, embroiders, embroidered, embroidering)

«embroider» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To embroider means to sew patterns or pictures onto cloth with coloured thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#m1)
2. To embroider a story means to add made-up details to make it more exciting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#m2)
3. To embroider can also mean to cover something so thickly with things that it looks decorated, like a carriage crowded with people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#m3)

### In the lessons

In crafts and art lessons pupils embroider simple designs. In stories, someone who embroiders the truth adds untrue parts. Phrases: «embroider a name», «embroider the truth».

### Examples

- Gran embroidered my name on my bag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#x1)
- We embroidered flowers on a cushion in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#x2)
- The shirt has a dragon embroidered on the back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#x3)
- He embroidered the story to make it funnier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#x4)
- It takes 30 stitches to embroider one petal; how many for 5 petals? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#x5)
- Don't embroider the facts — just say what happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#x6)
- Carriages and omnibuses are crowded, stuffed and embroidered with people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/#x7)

### Note

Noun: embroidery (the craft or the work). Regular verb. Spelling: em-broid-er.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «embroider» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embroider/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«embroider» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/embroider.html) on Mova free.