'Decorate' definitions:
Definition of 'decorate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify]
verb
Be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify]
verb
Award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military"
verb
Provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress, decorate]
Definition of 'Decorate'
From: GCIDE
- Decorate \Dec"o*rate\ (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorated (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Decorating (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming. See Decent.] To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors. [1913 Webster]
- Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. --Thackeray.
- Syn: To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See Adorn. [1913 Webster]
- Decorated style (Arch.), a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to a. d. 1375. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decorate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Decorate'
- Decorated,
- Decorating,
- Decorative,
- Decorativeness,
- Decorator,
- Decorement,
- Decorous,
- Decorously,
- Decorousness,
- decor,
- decoration,
- decoratively,
- decore,
- Decorated style,
- Decoration Day,
- Decorative art,
- Gatch decoration,
- house decorator,
- interior decoration,
- interior decorator,
- room decorator,
- set decoration,
- cosmetic decorative ornamental,
- crested plumed having a decorative plume