Definition of decorates Decorates
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What does decorates mean?
Part of speech
š¤- decorates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of decorate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| decorate - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" | ||
| adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| wreathe form into a wreath | ||
| beset, encrust, incrust assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards" | ||
| braid form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair" | ||
| broider, embroider add details to | ||
| stick saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" | ||
| illustrate supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings" | ||
| garland adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the statue" | ||
| fledge, flight grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already" | ||
| bespangle, spangle dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects | ||
| foliate grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring" | ||
| flag provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately" | ||
| bard, barde, caparison, dress up put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" | ||
| bead string together like beads | ||
| pipe trim with piping; "pipe the skirt" | ||
| applique sew on as a decoration | ||
| gild the lily, paint the lily make unnecessary additions to what is already complete | ||
| 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 suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days" | ||
| prank dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best clothes" | ||
| tinsel interweave with tinsel; "tinseled velvet" | ||
| tart up dress up in a cheap and provocative way | ||
| stucco coat with stucco; "stucco the ceiling" | ||
| 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 cut into filets; "filet the fish" | ||
| scallop shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress" | ||
| bedizen dress up garishly and tastelessly | ||
| dress ship decorate a ship with flags | ||
| garnish, trim, dress adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used | ||
| trim adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used | ||
| bedeck, bedight, deck knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" | ||
| 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, color, colour decorate with heraldic arms | ||
| fringe decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress" | ||
| fret wear away or erode | ||
| landscape do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations and earns a good living" | ||
| ornament be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree" | ||
| decorate - award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military" | ||
| honor, honour, reward accept as pay; "we honor checks and drafts" | ||
| decorate - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" | ||
| deck, adorn, grace, embellish, beautify | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| ornament be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree" | ||
| decorate - provide with decoration; "dress the windows" | ||
| dress | ||
| arrange, set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- decorate (Verb)
To furnish with decorations. - decorate (Verb)
To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- decorate (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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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decorate
To make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. -
decorate
To be beautiful to look at.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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decorate
dekā²o-rÄt, v.t. to ornament, to beautify: to honour with a badge or medal.āadj. Decā²orated.ān. DecorÄā²tion, ornament: badge of an order.āadj. Decā²orÄtive, ornamental.āns. Decā²orÄtiveness; Decā²orÄtor.āDecorated style (archit.), a style of Gothic architecture, elaborated and richly decorated, which prevailed till near the end of the 14th century.āDecoration 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. [L. decorÄre, -Ätumādecus, what is becomingādecÄre, to be becoming.]
Part of speech
š¤- decorate, verb, present, 1st person singular of decorate (infinitive).
- decorate, verb (infinitive).
