English > adorn: 3 senses > verb 1, creationMeaning | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour / colour, etc.. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Model | They adorn the halls with holly |
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Synonyms | decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify |
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Narrower | applique | sew on as a decoration |
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bead | decorate by sewing beads onto |
bedizen | decorate tastelessly |
bejewel, jewel | adorn or decorate with precious stones |
braid | decorate with braids or ribbons |
caparison, bard, barde, dress up | put a caparison on |
color, colour, emblazon | decorate with colors |
deck, bedight, bedeck | decorate |
dress ship | decorate a ship with flags / flags |
emblazon, blazon | decorate with heraldic arms |
embroider, broider | decorate with needlework |
enamel | coat, inlay, or surface with enamel |
encrust, incrust, beset | decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems / gems) |
festoon | decorate with strings of flowers |
fillet, filet | decorate with a lace of geometric designs |
flag | decorate with flags |
fledge, flight | decorate with feathers |
foliate | decorate with leaves |
fret | decorate with an interlaced design |
fringe | adorn with a fringe |
garland | adorn with bands of flowers or leaves |
gild, begild, engild | decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold |
gild the lily, paint the lily | adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) |
hang | decorate or furnish with something suspended |
illuminate | add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) |
illustrate | Supply with illustrations |
inlay | decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone / stone / stone, and metal |
lacquer | coat with lacquer |
landscape | embellish with plants |
panel | decorate with panels |
pipe | trim with piping |
prank | Dress or decorate showily or gaudily |
redecorate | redo the decoration of an apartment or house |
scallop | decorate an edge with scallops |
smock | embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally |
spangle, bespangle | decorate with spangles |
stick | Cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface |
stucco | decorate with stucco work |
tart up | decorate in a cheap and flashy way |
tinsel | adorn with tinsel |
trim, garnish, dress | decorate (food) , as with parsley or other ornamental foods |
trim | decorate, as with ornaments |
vermiculate | decorate with wavy or winding lines |
wreathe | decorate or deck with wreaths |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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Similar to | ornament | Be an ornament to |
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Spanish | adornar, aliñar, decorar, embellecer, ornamentar, ornar |
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Catalan | abillar, adornar, decorar, embellir, ornar |
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Nouns | adornment | the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting |
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