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Meanings of decorate in English

Portuguese
ladear
Catalan
abillar
Spanish
decorar

To make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

ladear
Portuguese
decorar
Spanish
vestir

Provide with decoration.

decorar
Usage of decorate in English
1
I love that I can decorate my home nicely on a budget.
News.com.au
2
Getting Rose Tarlow to decorate your house is not an easy thing.
The new yorker
3
Some nights they'd talk for hours about how they'd decorate the house.
Independent.ie
4
No matter what room you have, we'll decorate it however you like.
Within arm's reach
5
To do this, she first needs to decorate-butthere's hardly any money.
The water room
6
Do you have maybe a house plant or something we could decorate?
Any way you want me
7
Other paintings by the same artist decorate the walls of the Church.
Holidays in Eastern France
8
Tengu draw their energy from the inhabitants of the building they decorate.
Eve of darkness
9
Also, they are easy to decorate to suit any event or party.
The South African
10
At the hunting lodge, the remains of large bears decorate the walls.
The Guardian
11
He goes on to decorate the theme with comic and fanciful properties:
The Art of Letters
12
To-morrow eager fingers would be gathering the mistletoe to decorate the house.
The Bride of the Mistletoe
13
This time decorate the breasts with the truffles cut into fancy shapes.
Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with Refreshmen...
14
The most beautiful belongings had been brought out to decorate the rooms.
A Little Girl in Old Salem
15
Numbers of statues decorate the place, the very worst I ever saw.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches
16
When you decorate your home, I do not interfere with your schemes.
The Annotated Lolita
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Translations for decorate
Decorate through the time
Decorate across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common