What is the meaning of DECOR. Phrases containing DECOR
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imp. & p. p.
of Decorate
v. t.
To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
v. t.
To decorate; to beautify.
a.
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge.
n.
A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.
a.
Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning.
n.
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
n.
One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.
v. t.
To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out.
v. t.
To dress; to decorate; to adorn; to invest; to embellish; as, to trim a hat.
v. t.
To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree.
v. t.
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors.
v. t.
To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Decorticate
imp. & p. p.
of Decorticate
v. i.
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.
n.
A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Decorate
n.
A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflicting conjectures.
n.
Decoration.
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