beautify

beautify

to make or become beautiful: They beautify themselves for the ball.
Not to be confused with:beatify – to make blessedly happy; to exalt above all others: They beatify their saints.

beau·ti·fy

B0142100 (byo͞o′tə-fī′)tr. & intr.v. beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing, beau·ti·fies To make or become beautiful.

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beau′ti·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.beau′ti·fi′er n.

beautify

(ˈbjuːtɪˌfaɪ) vb, -fies, -fying or -fiedto make or become beautiful beautification n ˈbeautiˌfier n

beau•ti•fy

(ˈbyu təˌfaɪ)

v.t., v.i. -fied, -fy•ing. to make or become beautiful. [1520–30] beau`ti•fi•ca′tion, n. beau′ti•fi`er, n.

beautify

Past participle: beautified
Gerund: beautifying

Imperative
beautify
beautify

Present
I beautify
you beautify
he/she/it beautifies
we beautify
you beautify
they beautify

Preterite
I beautified
you beautified
he/she/it beautified
we beautified
you beautified
they beautified

Present Continuous
I am beautifying
you are beautifying
he/she/it is beautifying
we are beautifying
you are beautifying
they are beautifying

Present Perfect
I have beautified
you have beautified
he/she/it has beautified
we have beautified
you have beautified
they have beautified

Past Continuous
I was beautifying
you were beautifying
he/she/it was beautifying
we were beautifying
you were beautifying
they were beautifying

Past Perfect
I had beautified
you had beautified
he/she/it had beautified
we had beautified
you had beautified
they had beautified

Future
I will beautify
you will beautify
he/she/it will beautify
we will beautify
you will beautify
they will beautify

Future Perfect
I will have beautified
you will have beautified
he/she/it will have beautified
we will have beautified
you will have beautified
they will have beautified

Future Continuous
I will be beautifying
you will be beautifying
he/she/it will be beautifying
we will be beautifying
you will be beautifying
they will be beautifying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been beautifying
you have been beautifying
he/she/it has been beautifying
we have been beautifying
you have been beautifying
they have been beautifying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been beautifying
you will have been beautifying
he/she/it will have been beautifying
we will have been beautifying
you will have been beautifying
they will have been beautifying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been beautifying
you had been beautifying
he/she/it had been beautifying
we had been beautifying
you had been beautifying
they had been beautifying

Conditional
I would beautify
you would beautify
he/she/it would beautify
we would beautify
you would beautify
they would beautify

Past Conditional
I would have beautified
you would have beautified
he/she/it would have beautified
we would have beautified
you would have beautified
they would have beautified

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	beautify - make more beautifulfancify, prettify, embellishneaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"groom, curry, dress - give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"window-dress, dress up - make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"polish, smooth, smoothen, shine - make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"become, suit - enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"uglify - make ugly
	2.	beautify - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"deck, decorate, embellish, grace, adornbe - 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.	beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellishalter, 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 needleworkstick - 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 leavesflag - 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 decorationgild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)vermiculate - decorate with wavy or winding linessmock - 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 housepanel - 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 designsscallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"bedizen - decorate tastelesslydress ship - decorate a ship with flagsgarnish, trim, dress - decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foodstrim - 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 enamelinlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metallacquer - coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"begild, engild, gild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid goldilluminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)blazon, emblazon - decorate with heraldic armsemblazon, 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 designlandscape - embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"

beautify

verb make beautiful, enhance, decorate, enrich, adorn, garnish, ornament, gild, embellish, grace, festoon, bedeck, glamorize Claire worked to beautify the garden.

beautify

verbTo endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition:adorn, embellish, enhance, grace, set off.

Translations

美化装饰

beauty

(ˈbjuːti) – plural ˈbeauties – noun1. a quality very pleasing to the eye, ear etc. Her beauty is undeniable. 美麗 美丽2. a woman or girl having such a quality. She was a great beauty in her youth. 美人 美人3. something or someone remarkable. His new car is a beauty! 令人驚豔的人或物 美的东西ˈbeautiful adjectivea beautiful woman; Those roses are beautiful. 美麗的 美丽的，悦目的 ˈbeautifully adverb 美好地 美丽地，悦目地，漂亮地，出色地 ˈbeautify (-fai) verb to make beautiful. She beautified the room with flowers. 美化 美化，装饰 beauty queen a girl or woman who is voted the most beautiful in a contest. (選美比賽選出的)選美皇后 选美大赛皇后ˈbeauty salon noun (also American beauty parlor, ~beauty shop) a place where customers have cosmetic treatment. 美容院 美容院beauty spot1. a place of great natural beauty. a famous beauty spot. 美不勝收的名勝 风景胜地2. a mark (often artificial) on the face, intended to emphasize beauty. 美人痣(通常為刻意點上的，以突顯美感) 痣，美人斑（刻意在脸上搽饰的黑斑，以突显美感）