decorate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
Definition of decorate
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To furnish with decorations.
“We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.”
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verb
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(transitive)To furnish with decorations.
“We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.”
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(ambitransitive)To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
“There's some paint left over from when we decorated the guest bedroom.”
“We moved in over a month ago but we still haven't gotten started on decorating.”
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(ambitransitive)To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
“People tend to decorate for the holidays or special events.”
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(transitive)To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
“He was a decorated soldier who served in three wars.”
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(transitive)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.”
adj
- (archaic, obsolete)decorated, adorned
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English decorat (“adorned”), from Latin decorātus, perfect passive participle of decorō (“to adorn, distinguish, honor”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from decus (“ornament, grace, dignity, honor”, decor- in compounds), akin to decor (“elegance, grace, beauty, ornament”), from decet (“adorn, befit”).
Words you can make from decorate
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7 words6-letter words
19 words5-letter words
50 words- ACRED 8 pts
- ACTED 8 pts
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- COD 6 pts
- DOC 6 pts
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Hooks
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