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decorate

  • verb
  • dec·or·ate
  • /ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/

To furnish with decorations.

Example

“We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.”

Other meanings

  1. To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.

  2. By putting paint or wallpaper on the walls.

Synonyms

  • dress

Word history

From Latin "decorātus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “decorate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.