decorate
IPA: dˈɛkɝeɪt
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
- (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
- (intransitive) To decorate an interior space, as a house, room, or office.
- (transitive) To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
- (programming, transitive) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
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Examples of "decorate" in Sentences
- It is decorated with a distinctive weathercock.
- Flowers, stars, and titles decorate our family's May altar.
- In the 1960s, the cane was decorated with the fraternity colors.
- The tips of the branches are decorated with a budding flower ornament.
- Williams High School students might "decorate" it as a graduation prank.
- For dining rooms, the easiest (and fastest) way to decorate is to get a set.
- Floral and grapevine patterns decorate the open grill work above the entrance.
- Man, now I want to redecorate the Civic also known as decorate it in the first place.
- The Putz -- a German word for "decorate" -- tells the story of the birth of Christ in a more elaborate way than the typical nativity scene.
- The traditional way to decorate is to sprinkle powdered sugar on the top, with a cutout of a cross or a shell, to symbolize St. James, on top.
- State puts a schoolmaster into a schoolhouse, without adequate payment for himself, without adequate provision either for building or the upkeep of building; it bids him to keep it clean, but pays no servant to wash or sweep; and, while enjoining the absence of dirt, it checks and hampers that desire to decorate, which is the positive side of order and taste.