decorate

dec·o·rate

D0080000 (dĕk′ə-rāt′)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 decorātus, past participle of decorāre, to beautify, from decus, decor-, honor, ornament; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

decorate

(ˈdɛkəˌreɪt) vb1. (tr) to make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc2. to paint or wallpaper (a room, house, etc)3. (Military) (tr) to confer a mark of distinction, esp a military medal, upon4. (Chemistry) (tr) to evaporate a metal film onto (a crystal) in order to display dislocations in structure[C16: from Latin decorāre, from decus adornment; see decent]

dec•o•rate

(ˈdɛk əˌreɪt)

v.t. -rat•ed, -rat•ing. 1. to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish. 2. to design the interior of (a room or building). 3. to confer distinction upon by a badge, medal, or the like. [1375–1425; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin decorātus, past participle of decorāre, v. derivative of decus an ornament, splendor, honor]

decorate

Past participle: decorated
Gerund: decorating

Imperative
decorate
decorate

Present
I decorate
you decorate
he/she/it decorates
we decorate
you decorate
they decorate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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"
	2.	decorate - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"deck, embellish, grace, adorn, beautifybe - 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"dressarrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

decorate

verb1. adorn, deck, trim, embroider, garnish, ornament, embellish, festoon, bedeck, beautify, grace, engarland He decorated the box with glitter and ribbons.2. do up, paper, paint, wallpaper, renovate (informal), furbish a small, badly decorated office3. pin a medal on, give a medal to, cite, confer an honour on or upon He was decorated for his services to the nation.

decorate

verbTo furnish with decorations:adorn, bedeck, deck (out), dress (up), embellish, garnish, ornament, trim.

Translations

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decorate

(ˈdekəreit) verb1. to add some kind of ornament etc to (something) to make more beautiful, striking etc. We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls. 裝飾 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. 修飾 修饰3. to give a medal or badge to (someone) as a mark of honour. He was decorated for his bravery. 授勛(章)給... 授勋（章）给... ˌdecoˈration noun1. something used to decorate. Christmas decorations. 裝飾品 装饰品2. the act of decorating. The decoration of the house will be a long job. 裝飾 装饰ˈdecorative (-rətiv) adjective ornamental or beautiful (especially if not useful). a decorative arrangement of flowers. 裝飾的 装饰的ˈdecorator noun a person who decorates rooms, houses etc. He was a painter and decorator. 裝潢工人 装饰工人

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