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1. (v.t.) decorate
to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish.
2. decorate
to design the interior of (a room or building).
3. decorate
to confer distinction upon by a badge, medal, or the like.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME (adj.) < L decorātus, ptp. of decorāre, v. der. of decus an ornament, splendor, honor)
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| Definition of 'decorate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
"Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
2. (verb) deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
be beautiful to look at
"Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
3. (verb) decorate
award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to
"He was decorated for his services in the military"
4. (verb) dress, decorate
provide with decoration
"dress the windows"
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1. (verb) decorate
to attach pretty things to sth
to decorate the Christmas tree; a room decorated with tiny lights
2. decorate
to use paint, wallpaper, objects, etc. to make a room attractive
ways to decorate small rooms; It takes time to decorate.
3. decorate
to give a medal to a soldier
soldiers decorated for outstanding service
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| Definition of 'decorate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) decorate
to deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors
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Sense: to add some kind of ornament etc to (something) to make more beautiful, striking etc
We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls.
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Afrikaans: versier, verfraai, tooi |
Arabic: يُزَخْرِف، يُزَيِّن |
Bulgarian: орнаментирам |
Brazilian: decorar |
Czech: (o)zdobit |
German: schmücken |
Danish: dekorere; pynte; udsmykke |
Greek: διακοσμώ, στολίζω |
Spanish: decorar |
Estonian: ehtima, kaunistama |
Farsi: تزئین کردن؛ آراستن |
Finnish: koristella |
French: décorer |
Hebrew: לְקָשֵט |
Hindi: सजाना |
Croatian: ukrasiti |
Hungarian: (fel)díszít |
Indonesian: menghiasi |
Icelandic: skreyta |
Italian: decorare |
Japanese: 飾る |
Korean: (크리스마스 트리 등을) 장식하다 |
Lithuanian: papuošti |
Latvian: izgreznot; dekorēt; rotāt |
Malay: hias |
Dutch: versieren |
Norwegian: pynte, (ut)smykke, dekore |
Polish: ozdabiać |
Persian: تزئین کردن؛ آراستن |
Pashto: سينګارول، ښكلى كول |
Portuguese: decorar |
Romanian: aîmpodobi |
Russian: украшать |
Slovak: ozdobiť |
Slovenian: okrasiti |
Serbian: okititi |
Swedish: dekorera, smycka, pynta, |
Thai: ประดับ |
Turkish: süslemek |
Taiwanese: 裝飾 |
Ukrainian: прикрашати |
Urdu: مزیّن کرنا |
Vietnamese: trang trí |
Chinese: 装饰 |
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