Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Embroider \Em*broid"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroidered}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Embroidering}.] [OE. embrouden. See {Broider}.]
   To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.

         Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. --Ex.
                                                  xxviii. 39.

Source : WordNet®

embroider
     v 1: decorate with needlework [syn: {broider}]
     2: add details to [syn: {pad}, {lard}, {embellish}, {aggrandize},
         {aggrandise}, {blow up}, {dramatize}, {dramatise}]