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dec·o·rate
(dĕk′ə-rāt′)tr.v. dec·o·rat·ed, dec·o·rat·ing, dec·o·rates
1. To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish.
2. To confer a medal or other honor on: was decorated for bravery.
[From Middle English decorat, made beautiful, from Latin decorātus, past participle of decorāre, to beautify, from decus, decor-, honor, ornament; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
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decorate
(ˈdɛkəˌreɪt)vb
1. (tr) to make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc
2. to paint or wallpaper (a room, house, etc)
3. (Military) (tr) to confer a mark of distinction, esp a military medal, upon
4. (Chemistry) (tr) to evaporate a metal film onto (a crystal) in order to display dislocations in structure
[C16: from Latin decorāre, from decus adornment; see decent]
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dec•o•rate
(ˈdɛk əˌreɪt)v.t. -rat•ed, -rat•ing.
1. to furnish or adorn with something ornamental or becoming; embellish.
2. to design the interior of (a room or building).
3. to confer distinction upon by a badge, medal, or the like.
[1375–1425; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin decorātus, past participle of decorāre, v. derivative of decus an ornament, splendor, honor]
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decorate
Past participle: decorated
Gerund: decorating
| Imperative |
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| decorate |
| decorate |
| Present |
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| I decorate |
| you decorate |
| he/she/it decorates |
| we decorate |
| you decorate |
| they decorate |
| Preterite |
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| I decorated |
| you decorated |
| he/she/it decorated |
| we decorated |
| you decorated |
| they decorated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am decorating |
| you are decorating |
| he/she/it is decorating |
| we are decorating |
| you are decorating |
| they are decorating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have decorated |
| you have decorated |
| he/she/it has decorated |
| we have decorated |
| you have decorated |
| they have decorated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was decorating |
| you were decorating |
| he/she/it was decorating |
| we were decorating |
| you were decorating |
| they were decorating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had decorated |
| you had decorated |
| he/she/it had decorated |
| we had decorated |
| you had decorated |
| they had decorated |
| Future |
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| I will decorate |
| you will decorate |
| he/she/it will decorate |
| we will decorate |
| you will decorate |
| they will decorate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have decorated |
| you will have decorated |
| he/she/it will have decorated |
| we will have decorated |
| you will have decorated |
| they will have decorated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be decorating |
| you will be decorating |
| he/she/it will be decorating |
| we will be decorating |
| you will be decorating |
| they will be decorating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been decorating |
| you have been decorating |
| he/she/it has been decorating |
| we have been decorating |
| you have been decorating |
| they have been decorating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been decorating |
| you will have been decorating |
| he/she/it will have been decorating |
| we will have been decorating |
| you will have been decorating |
| they will have been decorating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been decorating |
| you had been decorating |
| he/she/it had been decorating |
| we had been decorating |
| you had been decorating |
| they had been decorating |
| Conditional |
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| I would decorate |
| you would decorate |
| he/she/it would decorate |
| we would decorate |
| you would decorate |
| they would decorate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have decorated |
| you would have decorated |
| he/she/it would have decorated |
| we would have decorated |
| you would have decorated |
| they would have decorated |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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Verb 1. [画像:decorate - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.]decorate - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
wreathe - decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site"
braid - decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar"
stick - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
illustrate - supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings"
garland - adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the statue"
foliate - decorate with leaves
flag - decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"
bard, barde, caparison, dress up - put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
bead - decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"
pipe - trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"
applique - sew on as a decoration
gild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
vermiculate - decorate with wavy or winding lines
smock - embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts"
hang - decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper"
prank - dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn"
tinsel - adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees"
tart up - decorate in a cheap and flashy way; "the small-town bar was all tarted up"
stucco - decorate with stucco work; "stuccoed ceilings"
redecorate - redo the decoration of an apartment or house
panel - decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood"
scallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"
bedizen - decorate tastelessly
dress ship - decorate a ship with flags
trim - decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"
festoon - decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday"
enamel - coat, inlay, or surface with enamel
inlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
lacquer - coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"
illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
fringe - adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf"
fret - decorate with an interlaced design
landscape - embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"
ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
2. [画像:decorate - be beautiful to look at]decorate - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
3. decorate - award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military"
4. decorate - provide with decoration; "dress the windows"
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decorate
verb
1. adorn, deck, trim, embroider, garnish, ornament, embellish, festoon, bedeck, beautify, grace, engarland He decorated the box with glitter and ribbons.
3. pin a medal on, give a medal to, cite, confer an honour on or upon He was decorated for his services to the nation.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
decorate
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يُزَخْرِف، يُزَيِّنيُزَيِّنُ يَطْلي، يَدْهَنيُقَلِّدُ وِساماً
zdobitmalovattapetovatvyznamenat
dekoreregøre i standpynteudsmykke
koristellasomistaakoristaa
urediti
kifestkitapétáz
prÿîa híbÿli; mála; veggfóîrasæma heiîursmerkiskreyta
装飾する
장식하다
apdailininkasapdovanoti garbės ženklu ar panatlikti vidaus apdailos darbusdekoratyvinisdekoruoti
apbalvotdekorētizgreznotnokrāsotrotāt
odlikovatiokrasitipoložiti tapeteprepleskati
måla och tapetsera
ประดับ
badana yapmakboya dekore etmek madalya vermeknişan takmak
trang trí
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
decorate
[ˈdɛkəreɪt] vt (= add decoration to) [+ cake] → décorer ; [+ room] → décorer
I decorated the cake with glacé cherries → J'ai décoré le gâteau avec des cerises confites.
to be decorated with [room] → être décoré(e) de
I decorated the cake with glacé cherries → J'ai décoré le gâteau avec des cerises confites.
to be decorated with [room] → être décoré(e) de
to be decorated (= awarded medal) [soldier] → être décoré(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
decorate
vt
cake, hat → verzieren ; street, building, Christmas tree → schmücken ; room → tapezieren ; (= paint) → (an)streichen ; (for special occasion) → dekorieren
soldier → dekorieren, auszeichnen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
decorate
[ˈdɛkəˌreɪt] vta. to decorate (with) (adorn) → decorare (con)
b. (paint and wallpaper, room) → pitturare e tappezzare
c. (honour, soldier) → decorare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
decorate
(ˈdekəreit) verb1. to add some kind of ornament etc to (something) to make more beautiful, striking etc. We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls. versier, verfraai, tooi يُزَخْرِف، يُزَيِّن орнаментирам decorar (o)zdobit schmücken dekorere; pynte; udsmykke διακοσμώ, στολίζω decorar ehtima, kaunistama تزئین کردن؛ آراستن koristella décorer לְקָשֵט सजाना ukrasiti (fel)díszít menghiasi skreyta decorare 飾る (크리스마스 트리 등을) 장식하다 papuošti izgreznot; dekorēt; rotāt hias versieren pynte, smykke, dekorere ozdabiać سينګارول، ښكلى كول decorar a împodobi украшать ozdobiť okrasiti okititi dekorera, smycka, pynta, klä ประดับ süslemek 裝飾 прикрашати مزیّن کرنا trang trí 装饰
2. to put paint, paper etc on the walls, ceiling and woodwork of (a room). He spent a week decorating the living-room. verfraai, verf, met muurpapier bedek/ behang, beplak يَطْلي، يَدْهَن окрасявам decorar (vy)malovat, (vy)tapetovat streichen, tapezieren gøre i stand; sætte i stand βάφω, σκεπάζω με χαρτί ταπετσαρίας pintar, empapelar siseviimistlust tegema رنگ زدن؛ کاغذ دیواری کردن remontoida peindre לִצבּוֹעַ सजाना obojiti sobu, nalijepiti zidne tapete kifest, kitapétáz mendekor prÿða híbÿli; mála; veggfóðra dipingere; guarnire di carta da parati 飾る (방 등을) 장식하다 atlikti vidaus apdailos darbus, remontuoti, dekoruoti nokrāsot (sienas); tapsēt hias schilderen en behangen pusse opp, innrede, dekorere remontować رنګول decorar a zugrăvi; a tapeta отделывать maľovať, tapetovať pleskati; polagati tapete dekorisati måla och tapetsera, inreda ตกแต่ง boya, badana yapmak 修飾 оздоблювати; оформляти تزئین trang trí 修饰
3. to give a medal or badge to (someone) as a mark of honour. He was decorated for his bravery. dekoreer يُقَلِّدُ وِساماً връчвам медал condecorar vyznamenat auszeichnen dekorere παρασημοφορώ condecorar aumärki andma مدال دادن؛ نشان افتخار دادن myöntää kunniamerkki décorer לְהַעֲנִיק עִיטוּר अलंकृत करना, पदक प्रदान करना odlikovati kitüntet memberi medali sæma heiðursmerki decorare 勲章を授ける (메달, 배지지 등을) 수여하다 apdovanoti garbės ženklu ar pan. apbalvot (ar ordeni) kurnia onderscheiden dekorere dekorować ميډال، نښان ( لكه دستورى condecorar a decora награждать vyznamenať odlikovati odlikovati dekorera ติดเหรียญกล้าหาญ madalya vermek, nişan takmak 授勛(章)給... нагороджувати орденами, медалями تمغئہ افتخار سے نوازنا tặng huy chương 授勋(章)给...
ˌdecoˈration noun1. something used to decorate. Christmas decorations. versiering, versiersel زينَه украса enfeite výzdoba der Schmuck pynt διακοσμητικό αντικείμενο, στολίδι decoración ehe, kaunistus وسیلۀ تزئین؛ آذین koriste décoration קישוט सजावट ukras, ures dekoráció dekorasi skraut decorazione 装飾 장식물 papuošalai rotājumi perhiasan versiering pynt, utsmykning, dekorasjon ozdoba سينګار، ښكلا، نښان enfeite ornament украшение výzdoba okras ukras dekoration, utsmyckning, prydnad, pynt เครื่องตกแต่ง süs 裝飾品 прикраса سجاوٹ کا سامان sự trang trí 装饰品
2. the act of decorating. The decoration of the house will be a long job. versiering, verfraaiing تَزْيين окрасяване decoração vymalování, vytapetování das Schmücken indretning; udsmykning διακόσμηση decoración ehtimine, siseviimistlus تزئین کردن koristelu décoration קישוט सजावट preurediti festés, tapétázás pendekorasian skreyting decorazione 飾りつけ 장식 vidaus apdailos darbai, remontas dekorēšana; rotāšana; apdare menghias het versieren, het afwerken pynting, utsmykking, dekorering remont سینګاړ کول decoração decorare, văruire; tapetare отделка maľovanie, tapetovanie opremljanje dekoracija inredning การตกแต่ง süsleme 裝飾 оздоблення عمل تزئین việc trang trí 装饰
ˈdecorative (-rətiv) adjective ornamental or beautiful (especially if not useful). a decorative arrangement of flowers. versierend, dekoratief زُخْرُفي، تَزْييني декоративен decorativo okrasný, dekorativní dekorativ dekorativ διακοσμητικός decorativo ehis- تزئینی koristeellinen décoratif מְקָשֵׁט सजावटी ukrasni dekoratív dekoratif til skrauts; skrautlegur decorativo 装飾的な 장식용의, 장식적인 dekoratyvinis dekoratīvs perhiasan decoratief dekorativ, pynte- ozdobny تزيينى decorativo decorativ декоративный dekoratívny okrasen dekorativan dekorativ ซึ่งใช้ตกแต่งหรือประดับประดา süslü, dekoratif 裝飾的 декоративний آرائشی để trang trí 装饰的
ˈdecorator noun a person who decorates rooms, houses etc. He was a painter and decorator. versierder مُزَخْرِف، مُنَمِّق، مُزَيِّن декоратор decorador malíř pokojů, tapetář der Dekorateur dekoratør; maler; tapetserer διακοσμητής decorador sisearhitekt دکوراتور؛ طراح داخلی koristaja décorateur/-trice מעצב कमरे इत्यादि को सजाने वाला व्यक्ति dekorater, osoba koja se bavi dekoracijama szobafestő, tapétázó ahli dekorasi málari; veggfóðrari decoratore; arredatore 室内装飾業者 장식자 apdailininkas dekorators; krāsotājs penghias afwerker maler, tapetserer dekorator دیزاین decorador decorator декоратор maliar, tapetár dekorater dekorater dekoratör มัณฑนากร dekaratör 裝潢工人 декоратор آرائش کار người trang trí nội thất 装饰工人
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decorate
→ يُزَيِّنُ zdobit dekorere dekorieren διακοσμώ decorar koristella décorer urediti decorare 装飾する 장식하다 versieren dekorere ozdobić decorar украшать måla och tapetsera ประดับ dekore etmek trang trí 装饰Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009