1) Add details to 2) Add exaggerated details to 3) Adorn 4) Beautify 5) Broider 6) Create a French knot 7) Decorate 8) Decorate with needlework 9) Embellish 10) Exclusively Saxon word 11) Exclusively Anglo word 12) French word used in English 13) Grace 14) Ornament 15) Work at needlework 16) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 1) Aggrandise 2) Aggrandize 3) Broider 4) Darn 5) Decorate 6) Embellish 7) Fib 8) Overstate 9) Sew 10) Stitch 
• (v. t.) To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.
Em·broid'er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Embroidered ; present participle & verbal noun Embroidering .] [ Middle English embrouden . See Broider .] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a sc...
[v] - decorate with needlework 2. [v] - add details to
pad verb add details to
to decorate with ornamental needlework. · to produce or form in needlework. · to adorn or embellish rhetorically, esp. with ornate language or fictitious details: He embroidered the account of the shipwreck to hold his listeners' interest.