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decorate
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decorate
v.
ornament; adorn; make beautiful; bestow a medal or honor on someone (e.g. in the armed forces)
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Decoration
Decoration may refer to:
- Decorative arts
- the craft of a house painter and decorator
- An object or act intended to increase beauty of a person, room, etc.
- An object, such as a medal or an order, that is awarded to honor the recipient: see List of prizes, medals and awards
- Cake decorating, the art of making a usually ordinary cake visually interesting
- USB decoration, a decorative device that uses the Universal Serial Bus connector
- Christmas decoration, decorations used at Christmas time
- Decorator pattern, a design pattern used in object-oriented programming
- In-glaze decoration, a method of decorating ceramics - decoration applied before firing
- On-glaze decoration, a method of decorating ceramics - decoration applied after glazing
- In-mould decoration, a method of decorating moulded plastics
- Interior design, the internal finishing of a building
- Name decoration, a technique used in most programming languages
- Window decoration, in computing are the window's visual elements drawn by a window manager
- Web decoration, conspicuous silk structure in the webs of some spiders
- Decorations, a set of three pieces for piano solo composed in 191213 by John Ireland
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decorate
Verb
1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
(synonym) adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) wreathe
(verb-group) ornament
(derivation) interior decoration, decor
2. be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
(synonym) deck, adorn, grace, embellish, beautify
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) ornament
(derivation) decoration, ornament, ornamentation
3. award a mark of honor, as a medal, to
(hypernym) award
(derivation) decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon
4. provide with decoration; "dress the windows"
(synonym) dress
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(derivation) interior decoration, decor
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decorare
v.
decorate, adorn, ornament
decorato
adj.
fancy, ornate
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decorar
v.
dress; hang; decorate
