Sekirov Dictionary

decorate

/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/

verb 4
adjective 1
forms 5

verb4

•
To furnish with decorations.
- We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.
•
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.
•
To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
- He was decorated for his service in three wars.
•
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.

adjective1

(no longer used) decorated, adorned

forms

decorated · decorating · decorates · more decorate · most decorate

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