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dec·o·rate  (dk-rt)

tr.v. dec·o·rat·ed, dec·o·rat·ing, dec·o·rates

1. To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish.

2. To confer a medal or other honor on: was decorated for bravery.

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[From Middle English decorat, made beautiful, from Latin decortus, past participle of decorre, to beautify, from decus, decor-, honor, ornament; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

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decorate

Verb

[-rating, -rated]

1. to make more attractive by adding some ornament or colour

2. to paint or wallpaper

3. to confer a mark of distinction, esp. a medal, upon [Latin decorare]

decorative adj
decorator n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	decorate - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" adorn, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish 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.	decorate - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" deck, embellish, grace, adorn, 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.	decorate - award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military" honor, honour, reward - bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
	4.	decorate - provide with decoration; "dress the windows" dress arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

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decorate

verb 1. adorn, deck, trim, embroider, garnish, ornament, embellish, festoon, bedeck, beautify, grace, engarland

verb 2. do up, paper, paint, wallpaper, renovate (informal) furbish

verb 3. pin a medal on, cite, confer an honour on or upon

Translations

decorate [ˈdɛkəreɪt] vt (= paint) → pintar (= paper); empapelar (= adorn): to decorate (with) → adornar (de), decorar (de)

decorate [ˈdɛkəreɪt] vt (= adorn, give a medal to) → décorer (= paint and paper); peindre et tapisser

decorate [ˈdɛkəreɪt] vt to decorate (with) → verzieren (mit);

(tree, building) → schmücken (mit) vt (room, house) (from bare walls) → anstreichen und tapezieren: (redecorate) → renovieren

decorate [ˈdɛkəreɪt] vt (= adorn, give a medal to) → decorare (= paint and paper); pitturare e tappezzare

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decorate

v decorate [ˈdekəreit]

1 to add some kind of ornament etc to (something) to make more beautiful, striking etc We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls.versier, verfraai, tooiيُزَخْرِف، يُزَيِّنорнаментирам(o)zdobitdekorere; pynte; udsmykkeschmückenδιακοσμώ, στολίζωdecorarehtima, kaunistamaتزئین کردن؛ آراستنkoristelladécorerלְקָשֵטसजानाukrasiti(fel)díszítmenghiasiskreytadecorare飾る꾸미다, 장식하다papuoštiizgreznot; dekorēt; rotāthiasversierenpynte, (ut)smykke, dekorereozdabiaćdecorara împodobiукрашатьozdobiťokrasitiokititidekorera, smycka, pynta, kläประดับsüslemek裝飾прикрашатиمزیّن کرناtrang trí装饰

2 to put paint, paper etc on the walls, ceiling and woodwork of (a room) He spent a week decorating the living-room.verfraai, verf, met muurpapier bedek/ behang, beplakيَطْلي، يَدْهَنокрасявам(vy)malovat, (vy)tapetovatgøre i stand; sætte i standstreichen, tapezierenβάφω, σκεπάζω με χαρτί ταπετσαρίαςpintar, empapelarsiseviimistlust tegemaرنگ زدن؛ کاغذ دیواری کردنkunnostaapeindre (et tapisser)לִצבּוֹעַसजानाobojiti sobu, nalijepiti zidne tapetekifest, kitapétázmendekorprÿða híbÿli; mála; veggfóðradipingere; guarnire di carta da parati飾る페인트를 칠하다, 벽지를 바르다atlikti vidaus apdailos darbus, remontuoti, dekoruotinokrāsot (sienas); tapsēthiasschilderen en behangenpusse opp, innrede, dekorereremontowaćdecorara zugrăvi; a ta­petaотделыватьmaľovať, tapetovaťpleskati; polagati tapetedekorisatimåla och tapetsera, inredaตกแต่งboya, badana yapmak修飾оздоблювати; оформлятиتزئینtrang trí修饰

3 to give a medal or badge to (someone) as a mark of honour He was decorated for his bravery.dekoreerيُقَلِّدُ وِساماًвръчвам медалvyznamenatdekorereauszeichnenπαρασημοφορώcondecoraraumärki andmaمدال دادن؛ نشان افتخار دادنmyöntää kunniamerkkidécorerלְהַעֲנִיק עִיטוּרअलंकृत करना, पदक प्रदान करनाodlikovatikitüntetmemberi medalisæma heiðursmerkidecorare勲章を授ける훈장을 수여하다apdovanoti garbės ženklu ar pan.apbalvot (ar ordeni)kurniaonderscheidendekoreredekorowaćcondecorara decoraнаграждатьvyznamenaťodlikovatiodlikovatidekoreraติดเหรียญกล้าหาญmadalya vermek, nişan takmak授勛(章)給...нагороджувати орденами, медалямиتمغئہ افتخار سے نوازناtặng huy chương授勋（章）给...

n ˌdecoˈration

1 something used to decorate Christmas decorations.versiering, versierselزينَهукрасаvýzdobapyntder Schmuckδιακοσμητικό αντικείμενο, στολίδιdecoraciónehe, kaunistusوسیلۀ تزئین؛ آذینkoriste, somistedécorationקִישׁוּטसजावटukras, uresdekorációdekorasiskrautdecorazione装飾장식품papuošalairotājumiperhiasanversieringpynt, utsmykning, dekorasjonozdobaenfeiteornamentукрашениеvýzdobaokrasukrasdekoration, utsmyckning, prydnad, pyntเครื่องตกแต่งsüs裝飾品прикрасаسجاوٹ کا سامانsự trang trí装饰品

2 the act of decorating The decoration of the house will be a long job.versiering, verfraaiingتَزْيينокрасяванеvymalování, vytapetováníindretning; udsmykningdas Schmückenδιακόσμησηdecoraciónehtimine, siseviimistlusتزئین کردنkunnostus, somistaminendécorationקִישׁוּטसजावटpreureditifestés, tapétázáspendekorasianskreytingdecorazione飾りつけ장식vidaus apdailos darbai, remontasdekorēšana; rotāšana; apdaremenghiashet versieren, het afwerkenpynting, utsmykking, dekoreringremontdecoraçãodecorare, văruire; tapetare(внутренняя) отделкаmaľovanie, tapetovanieopremljanjedekoracijainredningการตกแต่งsüsleme裝飾оздобленняعمل تزئینviệc trang trí装饰

adj ˈdecorative [-rətiv]

ornamental or beautiful (especially if not useful) a decorative arrangement of flowers.versierend, dekoratiefزُخْرُفي، تَزْيينيдекоративенokrasný, dekorativnídekorativdekorativδιακοσμητικόςdecorativoehis-تزئینیkoristeellinendécoratifמְקָשֵׁטसजावटीukrasnidekoratívdekoratiftil skrauts; skrautlegurdecorativo装飾的な(실용적이기보다는) 장식적인dekoratyvinisdekoratīvsperhiasandecoratiefdekorativ, pynte-ozdobnydecorativodecorativдекоративныйdekoratívnyokrasendekorativandekorativซึ่งใช้ตกแต่งหรือประดับประดาsüslü, dekoratif裝飾的декоративнийآرائشیđể trang trí装饰的

n ˈdecorator

a person who decorates rooms, houses etc He was a painter and decorator.versierderمُزَخْرِف، مُنَمِّق، مُزَيِّنдекораторmalíř pokojů, tapetářdekoratør; maler; tapetsererder Dekorateurδιακοσμητήςdecoradorsisearhitektدکوراتور؛ طراح داخلیsisustusarkkitehtidécorateur/-triceמְעֲצֵבकमरे इत्यादि को सजाने वाला व्यक्तिdekorater, osoba koja se bavi dekoracijamaszobafestő, tapétázóahli dekorasimálari; veggfóðraridecoratore; arredatore室内装飾業者장식가apdailininkasdekorators; krāsotājspenghiasafwerker(interiør)maler, tapetsererdekoratordecoradordecoratorдекораторmaliar, tapetárdekoraterdekoraterdekoratörช่างตกแต่งdekaratör裝飾工人декораторآرائش کارngười trang trí nội thất装饰工人