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Decorate

🔄 Synonyms of "Decorate"

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WordDefinition
embellishverbTo make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
adornverbTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
dressnoun(transitive) (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
ornamentnounAn element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
decknoun(card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
beautifyverb(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
gracenoun(countable, uncountable) Charming, pleasing qualities.

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WordDefinition
ornamentverbTo decorate.
adornverbTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
embellishverbTo make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
dressverb(transitive) (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
deckverb(card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
beautifyverb(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
graceverb(transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
decorativenounThat serves to decorate
bedeckverb(transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn
bedightverb(archaic) To equip or bedeck.
paintverbA substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
gildverb(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
redecorateverb(transitive) To change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.
trimverb(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
admireverb(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
garnishnounTo decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
sprucenounAny of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
arraynoun(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
bedizenverb(also figurative) To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
festoonnounAn ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.

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