1. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
   "Decorate the room for the party"
   - adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify 
2. Be beautiful to look at
   - deck, adorn, grace, embellish, beautify 
3. Award a mark of honour, such as a medal, to
   "He was decorated for his services in the military" 
4. Provide with decoration
   - dress

Derived forms: decorating, decorated, decorates

See also: decor, decoration, decorative, decorator

Type of: alter, arrange, be, change, fete, fête, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], modify, reward, set up

Encyclopedia: Decorate

• staining
• stainless
• stainless steel
• pump
• pump action
• pump house
• pump jack
• pump priming
• pump room
• pump well
• pump-and-dump scheme
• pump-type pliers
• pumped
• pumped-up
• pumper
• pumpernickel
• pumping station
• pumpkin
• pumpkin ash
• pumpkin pie
• pumpkin vine
• pumpkin-shaped
• pumpkinseed
• pun
• puna