Decorate
['dekəreɪt] or ['dɛkəret]
Definition
(verb.) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; 'Decorate the room for the party'; 'beautify yourself for the special day'.
(verb.) award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; 'He was decorated for his services in the military'.
Typist: Nadine--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors.
Edited by Jessica
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Adorn, deck, ornament, embellish, beautify.
Checker: Reginald
Definition
v.t. to ornament to beautify: to honour with a badge or medal.—adj. Dec′orated.—n. Decorā′tion ornament: badge of an order.—adj. Dec′orātive ornamental.—ns. Dec′orātiveness; Dec′orātor.—Decorated style (archit.) a style of Gothic architecture elaborated and richly decorated which prevailed till near the end of the 14th century.—Decoration Day May 30th when the memory of the soldiers who fell in the American Civil War of 1861-65 is honoured by the decoration of their graves speeches processions &c.
Checked by Antoine
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of decorating a place with bright-hued flowers for some festive occasion, is significant of favorable turns in business, and, to the young, of continued rounds of social pleasures and fruitful study. To see the graves or caskets of the dead decorated with white flowers, is unfavorable to pleasure and worldly pursuits. To be decorating, or see others decorate for some heroic action, foretells that you will be worthy, but that few will recognize your ability.
Checker: Louie
Examples
- Palissy’s studies in natural history helped him when he came to decorate his pottery. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- To improve such earthenware and to best decorate it, are the objects around which modern inventions have mostly clustered. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Catherine de’ Medici became his patron, and the powerful Constable de Montmorenci sent to Saintes for Palissy to decorate his chateau at Ecouen. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The candles which decorate our tea tables are of wax, while those which serve for general use are of paraffin and tallow. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Palissy did not decorate his porcelain with flat painting. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There was a public holiday; the streets were decorated by gay banners and made glad with music. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You will be decorated. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I would have had the town-house newly furnished and decorated. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Afterwards a number of maidens, with vine-leaf-decorated amphoras of wine, baskets of figs, and bunches of grapes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In one picture a still more astonishing appearance was produced, by the change of the interior of a beautifully painted and decorated church into a mass of charred ruins. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The fat turkey was a sight to behold, when Hannah sent him up, stuffed, browned, and decorated. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He said that if the thing went well he would see that I was decorated. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They returned to their decorating work on the door, and seemed to be as good friends as ever. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Melba