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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb decorate has 4 senses

• decorate(v = verb.creation) adorn, beautify, embellish, grace, ornament - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun decor₁, noun decoration₃, noun decoration₁, adjective decorative₁, noun decorator₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• decorate(v = verb.stative) adorn, beautify, deck, embellish, grace - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
is one way to be
Derived forms noun decoration₃, noun decoration₁, adjective decorative₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• decorate(v = verb.social) Array - award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military"
is one way to honor, honour, reward
Derived form noun decoration₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• decorate(v = verb.contact) dress - provide with decoration; "dress the windows"
is one way to arrange, set up
Derived forms noun decor₁, noun decoration₃, noun decoration₁, adjective decorative₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

decorate

accouter, add, adjoin, adorn, affix, agglutinate, annex, append, appoint, array, attach, beautify, become one, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, burden, caparison, cite, color, complicate, conjoin, convolute, crown, crown with laurel, dandify, deck, deck out, dizen, do honor, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish, emblazon, embroider, encumber, enrich, equip, festoon, fig out, fix up, flourish, furbish, furnish, garnish, gild, glamorize, glue on, grace, gussy up, hitch on, honor, infix, involve, join with, load with ornament, ornament, overcharge, overlay, overload, paint, paste on, pay regard to, pay tribute, plus, postfix, praise, prank, prank up, preen, prefix, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, put with, redecorate, redo, refurbish, render honor to, renovate, restore, saddle with, set off, set out, slap on, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim, unite with, varnish, wallpaper

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decorate

Ornament

VB ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.

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