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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
Other Word Forms
- overdecorate verb
- redecorate verb
- undecorate verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of decorate1
Example Sentences
As a teenager I thoroughly decorated my bedrooms.
In the days leading up to the festival, people clean and decorate their homes, shop for new clothes, and buy traditional sweets to exchange as gifts with friends and family.
Inside the richly decorated gallery they made for two display-cases which contain what remains of the French crown jewels.
And the station's vaulted and arched concourse, with a dome decorated with Persian motifs, features religious frescoes and artworks honouring Christianity's Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
In 2015, a group of young girls wearing matching brown berets and uniforms, decorated with colorful badges, arrived at a Black Lives Matter protest in Oakland, CA.
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