verb
1 make sth attractive
ADVERB
▪ elaborately , gaily ( old-fashioned ), heavily , intricately , lavishly , ornately , richly
▪
The room was lavishly ~d with tinsel.
▪ beautifully , elegantly , nicely , tastefully
▪ simply , sparsely ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
Decorate the cake with raspberries and whipped cream.
2 ( esp. BrE ) with paint/wallpaper
ADVERB
▪ nicely , pleasantly , tastefully
▪
The bedrooms are tastefully ~d.
▪ simply
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
The room is ~d in pale blues and greens.
3 give sb a medal
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
He was ~d for bravery.
PHRASES
▪ highly ~d
▪
the most highly ~d unit in the army
Decorate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ altar , ↑ apartment , ↑ bathroom , ↑ bedroom , ↑ cake , ↑ exterior , ↑ flat , ↑ home , ↑ house , ↑ interior , ↑ room , ↑ wall , ↑ yard