| decorate | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ wreathe | decorate or deck with wreaths.; "wreathe the grave site" |
| ~ incrust, encrust, beset | decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems). |
| ~ braid | decorate with braids or ribbons.; "braid a collar" |
| ~ broider, embroider | decorate with needlework. |
| ~ stick | cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface.; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" |
| ~ illustrate | supply with illustrations.; "illustrate a book with drawings" |
| ~ garland | adorn with bands of flowers or leaves.; "They garlanded the statue" |
| ~ fledge, flight | decorate with feathers.; "fledge an arrow" |
| ~ bespangle, spangle | decorate with spangles.; "the star-spangled banner" |
| ~ foliate | decorate with leaves. |
| ~ flag | decorate with flags.; "the building was flagged for the holiday" |
| ~ bard, barde, caparison, dress up | put a caparison on.; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" |
| ~ bead | decorate by sewing beads onto.; "bead the wedding gown" |
| ~ pipe | trim with piping.; "pipe the skirt" |
| ~ applique | sew on as a decoration. |
| ~ gild the lily, paint the lily | adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful). |
| ~ vermiculate | decorate with wavy or winding lines. |
| ~ smock | embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally.; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts" |
| ~ hang | decorate or furnish with something suspended.; "Hang wallpaper" |
| ~ prank | dress or decorate showily or gaudily.; "Roses were pranking the lawn" |
| ~ tinsel | adorn with tinsel.; "snow flakes tinseled the trees" |
| ~ tart up | decorate in a cheap and flashy way.; "the small-town bar was all tarted up" |
| ~ stucco | decorate with stucco work.; "stuccoed ceilings" |
| ~ redecorate | redo the decoration of an apartment or house. |
| ~ panel | decorate with panels.; "panel the walls with wood" |
| ~ bejewel, jewel | adorn or decorate with precious stones.; "jeweled dresses" |
| ~ filet, fillet | decorate with a lace of geometric designs. |
| ~ scallop | decorate an edge with scallops.; "the dress had a scalloped skirt" |
| ~ bedizen | decorate tastelessly. |
| ~ dress ship | decorate a ship with flags. |
| ~ garnish, trim, dress | decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods. |
| ~ trim | decorate, as with ornaments.; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window" |
| ~ bedeck, bedight, deck | decorate.; "deck the halls with holly" |
| ~ festoon | decorate with strings of flowers.; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday" |
| ~ enamel | coat, inlay, or surface with enamel. |
| ~ inlay | decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal. |
| ~ lacquer | coat with lacquer.; "A lacquered box from China" |
| ~ begild, engild, gild | decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold. |
| ~ illuminate | add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts). |
| ~ blazon, emblazon | decorate with heraldic arms. |
| ~ emblazon, colour, color | decorate with colors.; "color the walls with paint in warm tones" |
| ~ fringe | adorn with a fringe.; "The weaver fringed the scarf" |
| ~ fret | decorate with an interlaced design. |
| ~ landscape | embellish with plants.; "Let's landscape the yard" |
| ~ ornament | be an ornament to.; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree" |
| v. (stative) | 2. adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace | be beautiful to look at.; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ ornament | be an ornament to.; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree" |
| v. (social) | 3. decorate | award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to.; "He was decorated for his services in the military" |
| ~ honor, honour, reward | bestow honor or rewards upon.; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action" |
| v. (contact) | 4. decorate, dress | provide with decoration.; "dress the windows" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
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