Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - decorate
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. украшать, убирать; декорировать to decorate a Christmas-tree —- наряжать елку to decorate a room with flowers —- украсить комнату цветами 2. украшать собой, служить украшением the old picture that decorates the room —- старинное полотно, которое украшает комнату 3. красить, оклеивать обоями, отделывать (комнату) 4. украшать, расцвечивать to decorate a tale with fictions —- приукрасить рассказ выдумками 5. награждать знаками отличия или орденами to decorate smb. with an order —- наградить кого-л. орденом to decorate the soldier with a medal for war services —- наградить солдата за боевые заслуги медалью ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
v. 1) украшать, декорировать (with) At Christmas we decorate the living rooms with coloured paper and lights. 2) отделывать (дом, помещение) (with) We decided to decorate the bedroom with blue paint and a gold paper. 3) награждать знаками отличия, орденами (for - за что-л.; with - чем-л.) The Queen decorated the young soldier for courage in the face of the enemy. The girl was decorated for saving the child from drowning. The young soldier was decorated with the Military Cross. Syn: see ornament ...Англо-русский словарь
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(decorates, decorating, decorated) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it. He decorated his room with pictures of all his favorite sports figures... Use shells to decorate boxes, trays, mirrors or even pots. VERB: V n with n, V n 2. If you decorate a room or the inside of a building, you put new paint or wallpaper on the walls and ceiling, and paint the woodwork. When they came to decorate the rear bedroom, it was Jemma who had the final say... The boys are planning to decorate when they get the time... I had the flat decorated quickly so that Philippa could move in. VERB: V n, V, have n V-ed • decorating I did a lot of the decorating myself. N-UNCOUNT • decoration The renovation process and decoration took four months. N-UNCOUNT 3. If someone is decorated, they are given a medal or other honour as an official reward for something that they have done. He was decorated for bravery in battle. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 15c., from L. decoratus, pp. of decorare "to decorate," from decus (gen. decoris) "an ornament," from PIE base *dek- "to receive, be suitable." Decoration in the sense of "star, cross, medal, or other badge of honor" is from 1816. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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