Thesaurus / embroider
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
The question almost occurs: with what can one not embroider?
ART IN NEEDLEWORKLEWIS F. DAY
Marushka learned to embroider, to sew, to mend, to clean the floors and to cook.
OUR LITTLE HUNGARIAN COUSINMARY F. NIXON-ROULET
Maud did embroider a banner once for her brother; it is in the hail.
SYBILBENJAMIN DISRAELI
She intended to embroider a broad blue riband with this legend: "To my little son."
THE SOUL OF SUSAN YELLAMHORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL
She tried to embroider, as she sat alone and waited for something to happen, but her nerveless fingers would not hold the needle.
MARY LOUISE SOLVES A MYSTERYL. FRANK BAUM
She had none of the common accomplishments of women; she could not sew or embroider or make things as women used.
THE ORANGE GIRLWALTER BESANT
Girls are also being taught to cook, to sew, to embroider and to make lace.
THE PHILIPPINES PAST AND PRESENT (VOLUME 2 OF 2)DEAN CONANT WORCESTER
To thoſe who paint and embroider, three dollars and fifty cents.
They sometimes also use porcupine-quills, with which they embroider their garments.
THE WORKS OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT, VOLUME 1HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT
Yes, yes, you can work with Berlin wools, and embroider handkerchiefs and collars—that will do little for you.
THE PROFESSOR(AKA CHARLOTTE BRONTE) CURRER BELL
WORDS RELATED TO EMBROIDER
- add to
- aggrandize
- amplify
- augment
- beef up
- blow up
- boost
- broaden
- build
- bulk
- develop
- diffuse
- dilate
- distend
- elaborate
- elongate
- embroider
- exaggerate
- expand
- expatiate
- extend
- give details
- grow
- grow larger
- heighten
- inflate
- jack up
- jazz up
- lengthen
- magnify
- make larger
- mount
- multiply
- pad
- pyramid
- rise
- slap on
- snowball
- spread
- stretch
- swell
- upsurge
- wax
- widen
- amplify
- blow out of proportion
- boast
- boost
- brag
- build up
- caricature
- color
- cook up
- corrupt
- distort
- embroider
- emphasize
- enlarge
- exalt
- expand
- fabricate
- falsify
- fudge
- go to extremes
- heighten
- hike
- hyperbolize
- inflate
- intensify
- lay it on thick
- lie
- loud talk
- magnify
- make too much of
- misquote
- misreport
- misrepresent
- overdo
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- pad
- pretty up
- puff
- put on
- pyramid
- romance
- romanticize
- scam
- stretch
- up
- amplify
- blow out of proportion
- boast
- boost
- brag
- build up
- caricature
- color
- cook up
- corrupt
- distort
- embroider
- emphasize
- enlarge
- exalt
- expand
- fabricate
- falsify
- fudge
- go to extremes
- heighten
- hike
- hyperbolize
- inflate
- intensify
- lay it on thick
- lie
- loud talk
- magnify
- make too much of
- misquote
- misreport
- misrepresent
- overdo
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- pad
- pretty up
- puff
- put on
- pyramid
- romance
- romanticize
- scam
- stretch
- up
- adulterate
- belie
- change
- color
- con
- contort
- contradict
- contravene
- cook
- counterfeit
- deacon
- deceive
- deny
- distort
- doctor
- dress up
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- fake
- fake it
- fib
- forge
- four-flush
- frame up
- garble
- gloss
- lie
- misquote
- misstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- prevaricate
- promote
- put on an act
- salt
- tamper with
- traverse
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- adulterate
- belie
- change
- color
- con
- contort
- contradict
- contravene
- cook
- counterfeit
- deacon
- deceive
- deny
- distort
- doctor
- dress up
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- fake
- fake it
- fib
- forge
- four-flush
- frame up
- garble
- gloss
- lie
- misquote
- misstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- prevaricate
- promote
- put on an act
- salt
- tamper with
- traverse
- trump up
- twist
- warp
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