embroidery Definition

1. The art or practice of sewing designs on to cloth.
2. Decorative needlework.

Thesaurus: needlepoint, needlework, sewing, brocade, decoration, patterning, adornment, edging, fringing.
3. Articles decorated with this work.
4. derog
Gaudy decoration.
5. The addition of details, usually false ones, to a story, etc.

Thesaurus: exaggeration, embellishment, fabrication, hyperbole, hype (slang).