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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Decorate \Dec"o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorating.] [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. Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. --Thackeray. Syn: To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See Adorn. 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.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
decorate v 1: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify] 2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, grace, embellish, beautify] 3: award a mark of honor, as a medal, to 4: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decorate Αγγλικά vb. διακοσμώFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decorate Latin vb. (inflection of la decorō 2 p pres actv impr) Spanish vb. (es-verb form of: decorar)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
decorate vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To furnish with decorations. 2 (lb en transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office. 3 (lb en intransitive) To decorate an interior space, as a house, room, or office. 4 (lb en transitive) To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment. 5 (lb en programming transitive) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
decorate Latin vb. (inflection of la decorō 2 p pres actv impr) Spanish vb. (es-verb form of: decorar)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
decorate Latin vb. (inflection of la decorō 2 p pres actv impr) Spanish vb. (es-verb form of: decorar)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decorate Latina vb. (la-v-taivm 1 d ecor ate)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
decorate Engelska vb. dekorera, prydaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/ زيّنFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
decorate //ˈdɛkəɹeɪt//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. декори́рам, украсявам to furnish with decorations 2. ремонтирам, реновирам to improve the appearance of a house, room, office and so forth
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]dekorovat
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zdobit
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]ozdobit
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]vyzdobit
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]addurno
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]etw. mit etw. schmücken, verzieren, dekorieren, garnieren, besetzen Synonyms: deck, trim, adorn sth. with sth. see: decorating, decking, trimming, adorning, decorated, decked, trimmed, adorned, decorates, decks, trims, adorns, decorated, decked, trimmed, adorned
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/ διακοσμώFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
decorate //ˈdɛkəɹeɪt//From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]1. koristaa, koristella, somistaa to furnish with decorations 2. somistaa to improve the appearance of a house, room, office and so forth
decorate /dekəreit/ décorer, orner, parerFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. अलंकृत करना "When is she coming to decorate the bride?" 2. सजाना "How should I decorate this place?" 3. पदक प्रदान करना "The headboy was decorated with a medal for his services."
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/ dekorirati, iskititi, kititi, nakititi, okititi, ukrasitiFrom English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/ decorareFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
decorate //ˈdɛkəɹeɪt//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]1. 装飾, 飾る to furnish with decorations 2. 模様替え to improve the appearance of a house, room, office and so forth
decorate /ˈdekəreɪt/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]1. ozdabiać 2. odnawiać 3. dekorować
decorate /dekəreit/ 1. decorar, fazerdecoração 2. adornar, ornamentarFrom English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
decorate /dekəreit/ decorarFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
decorate //ˈdɛkəɹeɪt//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]1. dekorera to furnish with decorations 2. inreda, dekorera to improve the appearance of a house, room, office and so forth
decorate /dˈɛkəɹˌeɪt/ 1. süslemek, tezyin etmek 2. nişan vermek.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈdɛkɝˌeɪt/
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "decorate": 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, wallpaperFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 装饰;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 装饰,装璜;授勋给… vi. 装饰,布置