1 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to make sth look more attractive by putting things on it:
They decorated the room with flowers and balloons. * The cake was decorated to look like a car.
2 (especially BrE) to put paint, WALLPAPER, etc. on the walls and ceilings of a room or house:
[V] I hate decorating. * He has his own painting and decorating business. * [VN] We need to decorate the sitting room. * The sitting room needs decorating.
3 [VN] to be placed on sth in order to make it look more attractive
SYNADORN:
Photographs of actors decorated the walls of the restaurant.
4 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb (for sth) to give sb a medal as a sign of respect for sth they have done:
She was decorated for her efforts during the war.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for decorate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is decorate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, decorate is tagged as verb.
Does decorate appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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