embroider. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

embroider

SYLLABICATION:	em·broi·der
PRONUNCIATION:	m-broidr
VERB:	Inflected forms: em·broi·dered, em·broi·der·ing, em·broi·ders
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover. 2. To make by means of needlework: embroider a design on a bedspread. 3. To add embellishments or fanciful details to: embroider the truth.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To make needlework. 2. To add embellishments or fanciful details.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English embrouderen, partly from embrouden (from brouden, broiden, braided, embroidered, from Old English brogden, past participle of bregdan, to weave; see braid)and partly from Old French embroder ( en-, intensive pref.; see en–¹ + broder, brosder, to embroider, of Germanic origin).
OTHER FORMS:	em·broider·er —NOUN


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