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 Definitions of embellish  [ɛmˈbɛl ɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'embellish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) embellish
to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; adorn.

2.  embellish
to enhance with elaborative additions.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME < AF, MF embeliss-)

Definition of 'embellish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
add details to

2. (verb) deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
be beautiful to look at
"Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"

3. (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"

4. (verb) fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
make more beautiful


Definition of 'embellish' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) embellish
to make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors


Translation of 'embellish' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to increase the interest of (a story etc) by adding (untrue) details
The soldier embellished the story of his escape.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verfraai Arabic flag Arabic: يُنَمِّق، يَزيد التّفاصيل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разкрасявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: enfeitar Czech flag Czech: přikrášlit German flag German: ausschmücken
Danish flag Danish: pynte på; brodere på Greek flag Greek: διανθίζω, ωραιοποιώ Spanish flag Spanish: adornar
Estonian flag Estonian: ilustama Farsi flag Farsi: آب و تاب دادن؛ دستکاری کر Finnish flag Finnish: koristella
French flag French: enjoliver Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְיַפּוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: संवारना
Croatian flag Croatian: uljepšati Hungarian flag Hungarian: kiszínez (elbeszélést) Indonesian flag Indonesian: menambah-nambahi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skreyta,ÿkja Italian flag Italian: abbellire Japanese flag Japanese: じゅん色する
Korean flag Korean: 재미있게 꾸미다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pagražinti Latvian flag Latvian: izpušķot (stāstījumu)
Malay flag Malay: menokok tambah Dutch flag Dutch: verfraaien Norwegian flag Norwegian: forskjønne, pynte på
Polish flag Polish: upiększyć Persian flag Persian: آب و تاب دادن؛ دستکاری کر Pashto flag Pashto: سينګارول، مصور كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: enfeitar Romanian flag Romanian: a romanţa Russian flag Russian: приукрашивать
Slovak flag Slovak: prikrášliť Slovenian flag Slovenian: olepšati Serbian flag Serbian: ulepšati
Swedish flag Swedish: försköna, bätttra på Thai flag Thai: เพิ่มรายละเอียด Turkish flag Turkish: ilginçleştirmek, süsleyip
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 渲染(故事等) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: прикрашати Urdu flag Urdu: حاشیہ آرائی کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thêm thắt Chinese flag Chinese: 给(叙事、文章)添加细节,润色

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