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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, tooi يُزَخْرِف، يُزَيِّن орнаментирам (o)zdobit dekorere; pynte; udsmykke schmücken διακοσμώ, στολίζω decorar ehtima, kaunistama تزئین کردن؛ آراستن koristella décorer לְקָשֵט सजाना ukrasiti (fel)díszít menghiasi skreyta decorare 飾る 꾸미다, 장식하다 papuošti izgreznot; dekorēt; rotāt hias versieren pynte, (ut)smykke, dekorere ozdabiać decorar a împodobi украшать ozdobiť okrasiti okititi dekorera, smycka, pynta, klä ประดับ süslemek 裝飾 прикрашати مزیّن کرنا trang 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, beplak يَطْلي، يَدْهَن окрасявам (vy)malovat, (vy)tapetovat gøre i stand; sætte i stand streichen, tapezieren βάφω, σκεπάζω με χαρτί ταπετσαρίας pintar, empapelar siseviimistlust tegema رنگ زدن؛ کاغذ دیواری کردن kunnostaa peindre (et tapisser) לִצבּוֹעַ सजाना obojiti sobu, nalijepiti zidne tapete kifest, kitapétáz mendekor prÿða híbÿli; mála; veggfóðra dipingere; guarnire di carta da parati 飾る 페인트를 칠하다, 벽지를 바르다 atlikti vidaus apdailos darbus, remontuoti, dekoruoti nokrāsot (sienas); tapsēt hias schilderen en behangen pusse opp, innrede, dekorere remontować decorar a zugrăvi; a ta­peta отделывать maľovať, tapetovať pleskati; polagati tapete dekorisati måla och tapetsera, inreda ตกแต่ง boya, badana yapmak 修飾 оздоблювати; оформляти تزئین trang trí 修饰

3 to give a medal or badge to (someone) as a mark of honour He was decorated for his bravery. dekoreer يُقَلِّدُ وِساماً връчвам медал vyznamenat dekorere auszeichnen παρασημοφορώ condecorar aumärki andma مدال دادن؛ نشان افتخار دادن myöntää kunniamerkki décorer לְהַעֲנִיק עִיטוּר अलंकृत करना, पदक प्रदान करना odlikovati kitüntet memberi medali sæma heiðursmerki decorare 勲章を授ける 훈장을 수여하다 apdovanoti garbės ženklu ar pan. apbalvot (ar ordeni) kurnia onderscheiden dekorere dekorować condecorar a decora награждать vyznamenať odlikovati odlikovati dekorera ติดเหรียญกล้าหาญ madalya vermek, nişan takmak 授勛(章)給... нагороджувати орденами, медалями تمغئہ افتخار سے نوازنا tặng huy chương 授勋（章）给...

n ˌdecoˈration

1 something used to decorate Christmas decorations. versiering, versiersel زينَه украса výzdoba pynt der Schmuck διακοσμητικό αντικείμενο, στολίδι decoración ehe, kaunistus وسیلۀ تزئین؛ آذین koriste, somiste décoration קִישׁוּט सजावट ukras, ures dekoráció dekorasi skraut decorazione 装飾 장식품 papuošalai rotājumi perhiasan versiering pynt, utsmykning, dekorasjon ozdoba enfeite ornament украшение výzdoba okras ukras dekoration, utsmyckning, prydnad, pynt เครื่องตกแต่ง süs 裝飾品 прикраса سجاوٹ کا سامان sự trang trí 装饰品

2 the act of decorating The decoration of the house will be a long job. versiering, verfraaiing تَزْيين окрасяване vymalování, vytapetování indretning; udsmykning das Schmücken διακόσμηση decoración ehtimine, siseviimistlus تزئین کردن kunnostus, somistaminen décoration קִישׁוּט सजावट preurediti festés, tapétázás pendekorasian skreyting decorazione 飾りつけ 장식 vidaus apdailos darbai, remontas dekorēšana; rotāšana; apdare menghias het versieren, het afwerken pynting, utsmykking, dekorering remont decoração decorare, văruire; tapetare (внутренняя) отделка maľovanie, tapetovanie opremljanje dekoracija inredning การตกแต่ง süsleme 裝飾 оздоблення عمل تزئین việc trang trí 装饰

adj ˈdecorative [-rətiv]

ornamental or beautiful (especially if not useful) a decorative arrangement of flowers. versierend, dekoratief زُخْرُفي، تَزْييني декоративен okrasný, dekorativní dekorativ dekorativ διακοσμητικός decorativo ehis- تزئینی koristeellinen décoratif מְקָשֵׁט सजावटी ukrasni dekoratív dekoratif til skrauts; skrautlegur decorativo 装飾的な (실용적이기보다는) 장식적인 dekoratyvinis dekoratīvs perhiasan decoratief dekorativ, pynte- ozdobny decorativo decorativ декоративный dekoratívny okrasen dekorativan dekorativ ซึ่งใช้ตกแต่งหรือประดับประดา süslü, dekoratif 裝飾的 декоративний آرائشی để trang trí 装饰的

n ˈdecorator

a person who decorates rooms, houses etc He was a painter and decorator. versierder مُزَخْرِف، مُنَمِّق، مُزَيِّن декоратор malíř pokojů, tapetář dekoratør; maler; tapetserer der Dekorateur διακοσμητής decorador sisearhitekt دکوراتور؛ طراح داخلی sisustusarkkitehti décorateur/-trice מְעֲצֵב कमरे इत्यादि को सजाने वाला व्यक्ति dekorater, osoba koja se bavi dekoracijama szobafestő, tapétázó ahli dekorasi málari; veggfóðrari decoratore; arredatore 室内装飾業者 장식가 apdailininkas dekorators; krāsotājs penghias afwerker (interiør)maler, tapetserer dekorator decorador decorator декоратор maliar, tapetár dekorater dekorater dekoratör ช่างตกแต่ง dekaratör 裝飾工人 декоратор آرائش کار người trang trí nội thất 装饰工人