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[ verb ] make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
Examples "Decorate the room for the party" "beautify yourself for the special day" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)I would not want to be one of those writers who begin each morning by exclaiming , `` O Gogol , O Chekhov , O Thackeray and Dickens , what would you have made_of a bomb_shelter ornamented with four plaster-of-Paris ducks , a birdbath , and three composition gnomes with long beards and red mobcaps '' ? Related terms change illustrate gloss embroider gild inlay panel enamel garland redecorate trim pipe glaze prank deck applique hang bejewel tinsel tart_up fledge stucco smock spangle braid encrust stick foliate wreathe lacquer scallop festoon flag fillet bedizen dress_ship lacquer caparison illuminate emblazon color fringe fret landscape trim vermiculate bead gild_the_lily jewel grace decoration decorator interior_decoration beautification ornamentation decoration |
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[ noun ] something used to beautify
Synonyms Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Ripe_Geometric potters continued to employ the old syntax of ornaments and shapes and made use of the well-defined though limited range of motifs which they had inherited . Related terms artifact design falderal set_decoration interior_decoration brass gargoyle Christmas_tree centerpiece architectural_ornament knob adornment cockade embellishment stud garnish graffito hanging beading nailhead bow lunula molding hood_ornament sgraffito necklet spiral sprig flower_arrangement finial arabesque encrustation tail_fin tinsel rosemaling tracery wind_bells garnish inlay decorate dress |
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