DECORATE


Meaning of DECORATE in English

v.tr.

1. provide with adornments.

2 provide (a room or building) with new paint, wallpaper, etc.

3 serve as an adornment to.

4 confer an award or distinction on.

Phrases and idioms:

Decorated style Archit. the second stage of English Gothic (14th c.), with increasing use of decoration and geometrical tracery.

Etymology: L decorare decorat- f. decus -oris beauty

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.