EMBELLISH

Meaning of EMBELLISH in English

v.tr. 1 beautify, adorn. 2 add interest to (a narrative) with fictitious additions. embellisher n. embellishment n.

[ ME f. OF embellir (as EN-(1), bel handsome f. L bellus) ]

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EMBELLISH — ornar, abellar
English interlingue dictionary
EMBELLISH — adorno;dayan-dayan;dayan;paan-yag;patahum
English-Visayan vocabulary
EMBELLISH — transitive verb see: beauty Date: 14th century to make beautiful with ornamentation ; decorate , to heighten the attractiveness of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EMBELLISH — ə̇mˈbelish, em-, -lēsh, esp in pres part -ləsh transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English embelisshen, from Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMBELLISH — (v. t.) To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, …
Английский словарь Webster
EMBELLISH — ( v. t. ) To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMBELLISH — — embellisher , n. /em bel"ish/ , v.t. 1. to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EMBELLISH — v. adorn, beautify, ornament, decorate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EMBELLISH — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French embeliss-, stem of embelir, from en- + bel beautiful — more at beauty …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMBELLISH — vt to make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a …
Webster English vocab
EMBELLISH — ■ verb 1》 adorn; decorate. 2》 add extra details to (a story) for interest. Derivatives ~er noun ~ment noun Origin …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EMBELLISH — [em.bel.lish] vt [ME, fr. MF embeliss-, stem of embelir, fr. en- + bel beautiful--more at beauty] (14c) 1: to make …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMBELLISH — embellish BrE AmE ɪm ˈbel ɪʃ em- ▷ embellish|ed t ▷ embellish|es ɪz əz ▷ embellish|ing ɪŋ ▷ embellish|ment/s mənt/s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EMBELLISH — / ɪmˈbelɪʃ; NAmE / verb [ vn ] ( formal ) 1. to make sth more beautiful by adding decorations …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMBELLISH — em ‧ bel ‧ lish /ɪmˈbelɪʃ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: embelir …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EMBELLISH — v.tr. 1 beautify, adorn. 2 add interest to (a narrative) with fictitious additions. øøembellisher n. embellishment n. [ME f. OF …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EMBELLISH — v.tr. 1. beautify, adorn. 2 add interest to (a narrative) with fictitious additions. Derivatives: embellisher n. embellishment n. Etymology: ME …
Oxford English vocab
EMBELLISH — ( embellishes, embellishing, embellished) 1. If something is embellished with decorative features or patterns, it has those features or patterns …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMBELLISH — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If something is ~ed with decorative features or patterns, it has those features or patterns on …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EMBELLISH — verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Lynn couldn't help embellishing the story. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Could there be a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EMBELLISH — [verb] [T] - to make more beautiful or interesting by adding something, esp. details which are not true to a …
Cambridge English vocab
EMBELLISH — Synonyms and related words : adorn, apparel, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, belie, blazon, camouflage, caparison, color, convolute, cultivate, dandify, deck, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMBELLISH — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: ADORN , beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress (up), garnish, ornament, prank, trim Related Words: apparel, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EMBELLISH — v. a. Decorate, deck, bedeck, ornament, adorn, beautify, set out, set off.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
EMBELLISH — verb 1. Synonyms: adorn , beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress (up), garnish, ornament, prank, trim Related Word: apparel, array, ||doll …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMBELLISH — verb Embellish is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ story
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EMBELLISH — украшать, разукрашивать - to * a dress with lace and ribbons оживить /отделать/ платье кружевами и лентами - the book …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EMBELLISH — embellish.ogg ımʹbelıʃ v 1. украшать, разукрашивать to embellish a dress with lace and ribbons - оживить /отделать/ платье кружевами и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EMBELLISH — v 1. украшать, разукрашивать to embellish a dress with lace and ribbons - оживить /отделать/ платье кружевами и лентами the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EMBELLISH — украшать, разукрашивать - to * a dress with lace and ribbons оживить /отделать/ платье кружевами и лентами - the book …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EMBELLISH — v. Pronunciation: im- ' be-lish Function: transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French embeliss-, stem of embelir, from en- + …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EMBELLISH — verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
EMBELLISH — v. 25B6; verb weapons embellished with precious metal : DECORATE, adorn, ornament; beautify, enhance, grace; trim, garnish, gild; deck, bedeck, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMBELLISH — v. 1 beautify, improve, titivate or tittivate, dress (up), trick out or up, enhance, elaborate, enrich, embroider, gild, furbish (up), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EMBELLISH — Украшать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EMBELLISH — украшать приукрашивать (выдумкой рассказ и т. п.)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EMBELLISH — (v) делать красивым; наделять красотой; привирать; приврать; приукрасить; приукрашивать; разукрасить; разукрашивать; украсить; украшать
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
EMBELLISH — v 1. украшать, разукрашивать to ~ a dress with lace and ribbons - оживить /отделать/ платье кружевами и лентами the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EMBELLISH — v. украшать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EMBELLISH — v. украшать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EMBELLISH — гл. 1) украшать The leather cover of the old book was embellished with gold letters. — Кожаная обложка старой книги …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EMBELLISH — гл. 1) украшать The leather cover of the old book was embellished with gold letters. — Кожаная обложка старой книги была украшена …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EMBELLISH — _v. 1> украшать (with) The leather cover of the old book was embellished with gold letters. 2> приукрашивать (выдумкой рассказ …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
EMBELLISH — v. 1. украшать (with) The leather cover of the old book was embellished with gold letters. 2. приукрашивать (выдумкой рассказ …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
EMBELLISH — украшать приукрашивать (выдумкой рассказ и т. п.)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
EMBELLISH — _v. 1> украшать 2> приукрашивать (выдумкой рассказ и т.п.)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
EMBELLISH — [v.] украшать, приукрашивать
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
EMBELLISH — v украшать, приукрашивать
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
EMBELLISH — украшать
English-Russian Online Dictionary
EMBELLISH — украшать, приукрашивать
English-Russian vocab
EMBELLISH — украшать
Англо-Русский словарь

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