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All embroider synonyms

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verb embroider

  • sew β€” to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).
  • stitch β€” one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
  • cross-stitch β€” Cross-stitch is a type of decorative sewing where one stitch crosses another.
  • trim β€” to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
  • decorate β€” If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
  • adorn β€” If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.
  • adornment β€” An adornment is something that is used to make a person or thing more beautiful.
  • bedeck β€” If flags or other ornaments bedeck a place, a lot of them have been hung up to decorate it.
  • embellish β€” Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.
  • knit β€” to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
  • beautify β€” If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
  • braid β€” Braid is a narrow piece of decorated cloth or twisted threads, which is used to decorate clothes or curtains.
  • colour β€” The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
  • color β€” the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
  • deck β€” A deck on a vehicle such as a bus or ship is a lower or upper area of it.
  • garnish β€” to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate.
  • gild β€” to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
  • ornament β€” an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
  • pattern β€” a distinctive style, model, or form: a new pattern of army helmet.
  • quilt β€” a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
  • work β€” Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
  • fix up β€” Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
  • gussy up β€” to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
  • spruce up β€” trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
  • elaboration β€” The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
  • overstate β€” to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • inflate β€” deflate
  • blow up β€” If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
  • aggrandize β€” To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
  • amplify β€” If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
  • distend β€” Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.
  • dramatize β€” to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
  • dramatise β€” to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
  • falsify β€” to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
  • fudge β€” a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
  • heighten β€” to increase the height of; make higher.
  • hyperbolize β€” to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • lie β€” Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
  • magnify β€” to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
  • overdo β€” to do to excess; overindulge in: to overdo dieting.
  • overemphasize β€” to emphasize excessively.
  • overestimate β€” to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
  • pad β€” Packet Assembler/Disassembler
  • puff β€” a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
  • romanticize β€” to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • romanticise β€” to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • stretch β€” to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • build up β€” If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
  • overelaborate β€” excessively or fussily elaborate, ornate, detailed, etc.
  • unembellished β€” to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
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