adorn

a·dorn  (-dôrn)

tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns

1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" (Ronald Firbank).

2. To enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments: "[He] requires the presence of titles to legitimate and adorn . . . his imperfect status" (Cynthia Ozick).

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[Middle English adornen, from Old French adourner, from Latin adrnre : ad-, ad- + rnre, to decorate; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·dorner n.

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adorn [əˈdɔːn]

vb (tr)

1. to decorate she adorned her hair with flowers

2. to increase the beauty, distinction, etc., of

[via Old French from Latin adōrnāre, from ōrnāre to furnish, prepare]

adornment  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	adorn - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" wreathe - decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site" incrust, encrust, beset - decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) braid - decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar" broider, embroider - decorate with needlework stick - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" illustrate - supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings" garland - adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the statue" fledge, flight - decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" bespangle, spangle - decorate with spangles; "the star-spangled banner" foliate - decorate with leaves flag - decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday" bard, barde, caparison, dress up - put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" bead - decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown" pipe - trim with piping; "pipe the skirt" applique - sew on as a decoration gild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) vermiculate - decorate with wavy or winding lines smock - embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts" hang - decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper" prank - dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn" tinsel - adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees" tart up - decorate in a cheap and flashy way; "the small-town bar was all tarted up" stucco - decorate with stucco work; "stuccoed ceilings" redecorate - redo the decoration of an apartment or house panel - decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood" bejewel, jewel - adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses" filet, fillet - decorate with a lace of geometric designs scallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt" bedizen - decorate tastelessly dress ship - decorate a ship with flags garnish, trim, dress - decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods trim - decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window" bedeck, bedight, deck - decorate; "deck the halls with holly" festoon - decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday" enamel - coat, inlay, or surface with enamel inlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal lacquer - coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China" begild, engild, gild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) blazon, emblazon - decorate with heraldic arms emblazon, colour, color - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones" fringe - adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf" fret - decorate with an interlaced design landscape - embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard" ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
	2.	adorn - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" deck, decorate, embellish, grace, beautify be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
	3.	adorn - furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors clothe, invest equip, fit out, outfit, fit - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"

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adorn

verb decorate, enhance, deck, trim, grace, array, enrich, garnish, ornament, embellish, emblazon, festoon, bedeck, beautify, engarland Several oil paintings adorn the walls.

Translations

adorn [əˈdɔːn] VT → adornar, embellecer

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adorn [əˈdɔː^rn] vt → orner
adorned with → orné(e) de

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adorn

vt → schmücken, zieren (geh); to adorn oneself → sich schmücken

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adorn [əˈdɔːn] vt (liter) → abbellire, ornare

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adorn

v adorn [əˈdoːn]

to make beautiful, with decorations etc Their house is adorned with beautiful antique ornaments. versier يُزَيِّن украсявам (o)zdobit pynte; pryde; smykke schmücken στολίζω, διακοσμώ adornar kaunistama تزئین کردن koristella orner לְקָשֶט, לְיַפּוֹת सजाना uresiti díszít menghiasi skreyta adornare, ornare 飾る 장식하다 puošti rotāt; []greznot menghiasi versieren pynte, smykke, pryde ozdabiać enfeitar a împodobi, a decora украшать (o)zdobiť, (s)krášliť okrasiti ukrasiti pryda, smycka ตกแต่ง; ประดับประดา süslemek 裝飾 прикрашати آرائش کرنا ، سجانا trang trí 装饰

n aˈdornment

versiering تَزْيِين украсяване ozdoba udsmykning; pynt der Schmuck στολισμός, διακόσμηση adorno kaunistus تزئین koristelu ornement קִישׁוּט, תַכשִׁיט अलंकरण ures dísz(ítmény) hiasan skraut ornamento 装飾 장식 papuošalas rotāšana; rotājums; greznojums hiasan versiering pynt, utsmykning ozdoba enfeite decorare, împodobire украшение ozdoba okras ukrašavanje utsmyckning การประดับประดา süs 裝飾［品］ прикраса سنگھار ، آرائش ، سجاوٹ sự trang trí 装饰［品］