decorate
Verb
Verb Forms: decorated, decorating, decorates
- To make something more attractive by adding ornaments or embellishments.
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- "Decorate the room for the party"
- be beautiful to look at
- award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to
- "He was decorated for his services in the military"
- provide with decoration
- To furnish with decorations.
- To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
- To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
- To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
- To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
Adj
- decorated, adorned
Examples
- He tried to DECORATE his board with a bingo, but only managed a five-letter word.
- He was a decorated soldier who served in three wars.
- It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.
- People tend to decorate for the holidays or special events.
- There's some paint left over from when we decorated the guest bedroom.
- We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.
- We moved in over a month ago but we still haven't gotten started on decorating.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English decorat (“adorned”), from Latin decorātus, perfect passive participle of decorō (“to adorn, distinguish, honor”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from decus (“ornament, grace, dignity, honor”, decor- in compounds), akin to decor (“elegance, grace, beauty, ornament”), from decet (“adorn, befit”).
Synonyms
adorn, beautify, deck, dress, embellish, grace, ornament, apparel, array, bedeck, betrim, deck out, decorate, decore, detail, do up, dress up, dub, garnish, prettify, pretty up
Scrabble Score: 11
decorate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddecorate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
decorate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary