Decorate

Verb

 * 1)  To furnish with decorations.
 * 2)  To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
 * 3)   (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
 * It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.

Derived terms

 * decorative

Related terms

 * decorator
 * decoration

Adverbs for Decorate
elaborately; exquisitely; profusely; picturesquely; garishly; inelegantly; charmingly; lavishly; gaudily; quaintly; splendidly; tastefully; mournfully; superfluously; sumptuously; superbly; festively; gorgeously; pictorially; richly; tastefully; delicately; ornately; ostentatiously; characteristically; formally; realistically; murally; scenically; fantastically; architecturally; grotesquely.

Thesaurus
accouter, add, adjoin, adorn, affix, agglutinate, annex, append, appoint, array, attach, beautify, become one, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, burden, caparison, cite, color, complicate, conjoin, convolute, crown, crown with laurel, dandify, deck, deck out, dizen, do honor, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish, emblazon, embroider, encumber, enrich, equip, festoon, fig out, fix up, flourish, furbish, furnish, garnish, gild, glamorize, glue on, grace, gussy up, hitch on, honor, infix, involve, join with, load with ornament, ornament, overcharge, overlay, overload, paint, paste on, pay regard to, pay tribute, plus, postfix, praise, prank, prank up, preen, prefix, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, put with, redecorate, redo, refurbish, render honor to, renovate, restore, saddle with, set off, set out, slap on, smarten, smarten up, spruce up, subjoin, suffix, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim, unite with, varnish, wallpaper

Etymology
< decoratus:, past participle of decorare: < decus:, akin to decor: < decet:.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: украсявам, декорирам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 裝飾, 装饰,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, opsmukken, decoreren
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, orner
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: לעטר, לקשט
 * Irish:


 * Japanese: 飾る, 装飾
 * Latin: decoratus
 * Persian: آرایش, مبلمان
 * Polish: dekorować,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: decora, orna
 * Russian:,  украсить ,  декорировать
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgeadaich
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: అలంకరించు (alaMkariMchu)


 * Bulgarian: ремонтирам, реновирам
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: renovieren, tapezieren , weißeln
 * Hebrew: לעטר, לקשט


 * Japanese: 模様替え
 * Persian: آرایش,, دکوراسیون
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgeadaich
 * Telugu: అలంకరించు (alaMkariMchu)

Anagrams

 * recoated

Verb

 * 1) second-person plural present tense and imperative of decorare.