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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' |
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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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