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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
Christie's had dubbed the box, decorated with ebony, as "the most important scientific instrument ever offered at auction" and it had been expected to fetch 2-3 million euros.
She’s wearing a dress of white sand, decorated with seashells and diamonds.
Mrs. Clarke lifted the cover off the tray to reveal a decorated cake, edged with marzipan flowers and iced with the words Happy 16th Birthday Miss P. Lumley.
Not only that, but the foldout map was so charmingly decorated with pretty alpine meadows, it was impossible to read the street names.
The USS Indianapolis was a highly decorated United States warship that as, the U.S.
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