embroidery
/im'brɔidəri/ Cách viết khác : (broidery) /'brɔidəri/
Definition
- Noun:
- Decorative needlework: The art or process of forming decorative designs on fabric or other materials with a needle and thread (or yarn).
- Embellishment or elaboration: The act of adding fictitious or decorative details to a story or account, making it more elaborate or interesting.
Usage
- As a countable noun (a piece of work): Refers to a specific item decorated with needlework.
- She showed me a beautiful embroidery of a flower.
- As an uncountable noun (the art or craft): Refers to the general activity or technique.
- She is skilled in embroidery.
- As an uncountable noun (figurative elaboration): Refers to the added decorative details in speech or writing.
- His account of the event was full of embroidery.
Examples
- Literal (needlework):
- The embroidery on her dress was exquisite.
- Traditional embroidery often uses silk threads.
- Figurative (embellishment):
- The journalist's article was factual, without any embroidery.
- The simple story became an epic with all his embroidery.
Advanced Usage
- "To add embroidery to (something)": To embellish or elaborate on a story, account, or fact.
- He couldn't resist adding some embroidery to his travel tales.
Variants and Related Words
- Embroider (verb): To decorate cloth with needlework; to add fictitious details to a story.
- She will embroider a pillowcase.
- He tends to embroider the truth.
- Embroiderer (noun): A person who does embroidery.
- Embroidered (adjective): Describing something decorated with embroidery.
- An embroidered tablecloth.
Synonyms
- Needlework: The art or practice of sewing or stitching.
- Embellishment: A decorative detail or feature added to something; an exaggeration added to a story.
- Ornamentation: The action of decorating something or the decorations themselves.
Antonyms
- Plainness: The quality of being simple and unadorned.
- Bare facts: The unembellished, basic truth of a matter.
Idioms and Phrases
- A tissue of embroidery: A story or account that is largely fabricated or heavily embellished.
- His alibi was a tissue of embroidery that quickly fell apart.
Noun
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decorative needlework
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elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
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the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
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