decorate
31decorate — v 1. adorn, ornament, embellish, trim, garnish, furbish, Archaic. ouch, Archaic. dight; embroider, elaborate, festoon, rubricate; array, bedizen, deck, deck out, bedeck, Scot. dight; dress, dress up, attire, accouter, caparison, trap out;… …
32decorate — dec·o·rate …
33decorate*/ — [ˈdekəˌreɪt] verb 1) [T] to make something more attractive by putting nice things on it or in it The room had been decorated with balloons.[/ex] 2) [I/T] British to put new paint or paper on the walls of a room We decorated the kitchen last… …
34decorate — dec•o•rate [[t]ˈdɛk əˌreɪt[/t]] v. t. rat•ed, rat•ing 1) to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish 2) to design the interior of (a room or building) 3) to confer distinction upon by a badge, medal, or the like •… …
35decorate — [c]/ˈdɛkəreɪt / (say dekuhrayt) verb (decorated, decorating) –verb (t) 1. to furnish or deck with something becoming or ornamental; embellish. 2. to plan and execute the design, wallpaper, etc., and sometimes the furnishings of (a house, room, or …
36decorate — Wehi, wehiwehi, ho owehi, ho owehiwehi, ho ouluwehi, ho ouluwehiwehi, ho oulumāhiehie, kauluwehi, ho ohiwahiwa, ho okāhiko, ho ohiluhilu, pāpahi, ho onani, ho oheno. ♦ One who decorates the chief in finest apparel, kui lei ula …
37decorate — v.tr. 1 provide with adornments. 2 provide (a room or building) with new paint, wallpaper, etc. 3 serve as an adornment to. 4 confer an award or distinction on. Phrases and idioms: Decorated style Archit. the second stage of English Gothic (14th… …
38How Not to Decorate — was a television series which aired on Five in the United Kingdom in which designers Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan helped redecorate notoriously ugly or unstylish homes, in a format similar to the What Not to Wear series. The series centred… …
39Decorated — Decorate Dec o*rate (d[e^]k [ o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decorated} (d[e^]k [ o]*r[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Decorating} (d[e^]k [ o]*r[=a] t[i^]ng).] [L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming.… …
40Decorated style — Decorate Dec o*rate (d[e^]k [ o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decorated} (d[e^]k [ o]*r[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Decorating} (d[e^]k [ o]*r[=a] t[i^]ng).] [L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming.… …
