adorn
Other forms: adorned; adorning; adorns
To adorn is to dress something up by decorating it. You might adorn your poncho with fringe or your poodle's dog collar with rhinestones.
Adorn shares some Latin roots with words like ornament and ornate. So it makes sense that some people adorn their Christmas trees with tinsel and lights. Others adorn their eyelids with glitter. In any case, if you want to adorn yourself with all kinds of fabulous baubles, it might be wise to follow Coco Chanel's advice: take at least one accessory off before you walk out the door.
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make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
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ornament
be an ornament to
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wreathe
decorate or deck with wreaths
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beset, encrust, incrust
decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
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braid
decorate with braids or ribbons
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broider, embroider
decorate with needlework
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stick
cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
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illustrate
supply with illustrations
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garland
adorn with bands of flowers or leaves
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fledge, flight
decorate with feathers
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bespangle, spangle
decorate with spangles
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foliate
decorate with leaves
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flag
decorate with flags
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bard, barde, caparison, dress up
put a caparison on
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bead
decorate by sewing beads onto
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pipe
trim with piping
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applique
sew on as a decoration
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gild the lily, paint the lily
adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
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vermiculate
decorate with wavy or winding lines
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smock
embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally
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hang
decorate or furnish with something suspended
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prank
dress or decorate showily or gaudily
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tinsel
adorn with tinsel
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tart up
decorate in a cheap and flashy way
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stucco
decorate with stucco work
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redecorate
redo the decoration of an apartment or house
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panel
decorate with panels
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bejewel, jewel
adorn or decorate with precious stones
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filet, fillet
decorate with a lace of geometric designs
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scallop
decorate an edge with scallops
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bedizen
decorate tastelessly
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dress ship
decorate a ship with flags
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dress, garnish, trim
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
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trim
decorate, as with ornaments
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bedeck, bedight, deck
decorate
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festoon
decorate with strings of flowers
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enamel
coat, inlay, or surface with enamel
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inlay
decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal
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lacquer
coat with lacquer
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begild, engild, gild
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
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illuminate
add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
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blazon, emblazon
decorate with heraldic arms
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color, colour, emblazon
decorate with colors
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fringe
adorn with a fringe
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fret
decorate with an interlaced design
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landscape
embellish with plants
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monogram
mark, print, or embroider with one’s initials or other letters
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faggot, fagot
ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch
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purl
embroider with gold or silver thread
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purl
edge or border with gold or silver embroidery
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plume
deck with a plume
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hatch
inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
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damascene
inlay metal with gold and silver
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japan
coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
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miniate, rubricate
decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red
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miniate
paint with red lead or vermilion
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ornament
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be beautiful to look at
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furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
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In eleven interconnected stories inspired by her family in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States, the author describes the lives of several generations of the Beléns.
To seal their coven, keep their magic, and avoid being turned into toads, twelve-year-old Seven Salazar of Ravenskill must work with the bully Valley Pepperhorn and the new girl Thorn Laroux to defeat the Nightbeast.
Teenagers Penelope and Xander navigate first love and family matters while working at Penelope's father's restaurant.
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