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decorate
[ dek-uh-reyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish:
to decorate walls with murals.
- to plan and execute the design, furnishings, and ornamentation of the interior of (a house, office, apartment, etc.), especially by selecting colors, fabrics, and style of furniture, by making minor structural changes, etc.:
Their house is decorated in French Provincial style.
- to confer distinction upon by a badge, a medal of honor, etc.:
to decorate a soldier for valor.
decorate
/ ˈdɛkəˌreɪt /
verb
- tr to make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc
- to paint or wallpaper (a room, house, etc)
- tr to confer a mark of distinction, esp a military medal, upon
- tr to evaporate a metal film onto (a crystal) in order to display dislocations in structure
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Other Words From
- over·deco·rate verb overdecorated overdecorating
- re·deco·rate verb redecorated redecorating
- un·deco·rate verb (used with object) undecorated undecorating
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of decorate1
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Example Sentences
She began operating out of her home garage in 1980, slowly acquiring the many props and tools that would decorate her dungeon.
The owner rescued pieces from deserted monasteries to decorate the hotel.
But not Igor Olenicoff, who was caught commissioning forged sculptures to decorate his California properties.
I had dated non-Jews before, but none went so far as to decorate their home with such blatantly pious trinkets.
Five works by Russian-born artist Kon Trubkovich decorate its booth.
I have made it a caricature of a superhuman ass I know—Tomlinson—who thinks he can decorate.
They even put rings in their noses, as well as in their ears, to decorate themselves.
Turn out and decorate the base with chopped aspic, truffles, parsley, and tomatoes.
Here, too, is the beautiful Cappellone that Brunellesco built for the Pazzi family, whose arms decorate the porch.
I brought these along—thought they might help decorate the room, Mr. White.
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