EMBROIDERY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • decorative needlework
   
   Synonym(s)
   • fancywork (what does fancywork mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) embroidery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • needlework (what does needlework mean?)
   • needlecraft (what does needlecraft mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • candlewick (what does candlewick mean?)
   • crewelwork (what does crewelwork mean?)
   • cross-stitch (what does cross-stitch mean?)
   • cutwork (what does cutwork mean?)
   • drawnwork (what does drawnwork mean?)
   • hemstitch (what does hemstitch mean?)
   • needlepoint (what does needlepoint mean?)
   • sampler (what does sampler mean?)
   • smocking (what does smocking mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • embroider (what does embroider mean?)
   • broider (what does broider mean?)
2. Meaning
   • elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
   
   Synonym(s)
   • embellishment (what does embellishment mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
   
   Hypernyms(s) embroidery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • expansion (what does expansion mean?)
   • enlargement (what does enlargement mean?)
   • elaboration (what does elaboration mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • embroider (what does embroider mean?)
   • pad (what does pad mean?)
   • lard (what does lard mean?)
   • embellish (what does embellish mean?)
   • aggrandize (what does aggrandize mean?)
   • aggrandise (what does aggrandise mean?)
   • blow up (what does blow up mean?)
   • dramatize (what does dramatize mean?)
   • dramatise (what does dramatise mean?)
   • embroider (what does embroider mean?)
   • pad (what does pad mean?)
   • lard (what does lard mean?)
   • embellish (what does embellish mean?)
   • aggrandize (what does aggrandize mean?)
   • aggrandise (what does aggrandise mean?)
   • blow up (what does blow up mean?)
   • dramatize (what does dramatize mean?)
   • dramatise (what does dramatise mean?)