what does embroider mean?
<answer> To make a ​story more ​entertaining by ​adding ​imaginary ​details to it. <context> embroider verb [I or T] (ADD TO A STORY). › to make a ​story more ​entertaining by ​adding ​imaginary ​details to it: Naturally, I embroidered the ​tale a little to make it more ​interesting. (Definition of embroider from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press).