Meaning & use
embroidering
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decorating fabric with needlework designs, or, figuratively, exaggerating or embellishing a story with invented details.
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Her grandmother spent evenings embroidering flowers onto the tablecloth.
He was clearly embroidering the story to make his vacation sound more exciting.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense (embellishing a story) is just as common as the literal sewing meaning.
Words with a similar meaning
stitchingembellishing
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Another way to use it
2. verb
to exaggerate or add invented details to a story.
He kept embroidering the details of the fish he caught.
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