English > embellish: 4 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | add details to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something |
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| Model | They won't embellish the story |
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| Synonyms | embroider, pad, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise |
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| Narrower | glorify | Cause to seem more splendid |
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| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
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| Spanish | adornar, decorar, echarle teatro, embellecer, hinchar, meter paja |
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| Catalan | adornar, decorar, embellir, fer bombo, inflar |
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| Nouns | embellishment | elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail |
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English > embellish: 4 senses > verb 3, creation| Meaning | 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 embellish the halls with holly |
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| Synonyms | decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, 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 | embellishment | the act of adding extraneous decorations to something |
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