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Definition of adorn in English: adornverb əˈdɔːnəˈdɔrn [with object]Make more beautiful or attractive. 装饰 pictures and prints adorned his walls 画和印刷图片装饰着他的墙面。 Example sentencesExamples - The glitzy banner adorning the incomplete wall has four large Chinese characters.
- So there were glimpses of china and such that adorned the walls of the Welsh cottage but which have seen little or no daylight here.
- A portrait of Eddie, complete with cigar, still adorns one of the walls in the hotel.
- Inside the rest house, a large photograph of a hunting party with a slain tiger in the foreground adorns the wall.
- We were led to a corner booth in a room with a colorful mural of what I assume was a Mexican beach adorning the main wall.
- The Dutch artist/musician Herman Brood used to live above it and his artwork adorns the walls.
- The décor was modern, with stylish new paintings for sale adorning the walls.
- Already he has his paintings adorning the walls of the Lighthouse Bar and a few homes around the country.
- It's also a fact that in my life I have spent far more on dressing and adorning myself than I ever have on a bed.
- She has also produced a large scale mural which now adorns the wall of the LSU.
- A colorful mural adorns the back wall of the building, while another area features a beautifully carved wooden tree.
- A plaque commemorating his conservation work in the town adorns a wall on a footpath running beside the River Aire.
- I lingered in the hallways for awhile admiring the artistic prints of money adorning the walls.
- The ready-made curtains that could adorn the walls of living rooms are an added attraction.
- Photographs of the school and its pupils in the 1970s also adorned the walls.
- During the Christmas festival each one is adorned with decorations, but not gaudy lights and tinsel.
- Black furnishings, and tens of temple-candle shaped wall lamps adorn the dining area.
- His angels were likewise adorned with beautiful garments and wondrous instruments.
- His wagon box is adorned with hand prints from youngsters at the Children's Hospital.
- Beautiful landscape paintings adorn the walls of the Damle family at Dadar.
Synonyms embellish, decorate, furnish, ornament, add ornament to, enhance beautify, prettify, grace, enrich, bedeck, deck (out), dress (up), trick out, trim, swathe, wreathe, festoon, garland, array, garnish, emblazon, gild, set off informal get up, do up, do out literary bejewel, bedizen, caparison, furbelow
Derivativesnoun He comes out of the testosterone-ruled world of weight rooms and action movies, where women are the designated observers and adorners. Example sentencesExamples - In order to ensure the continuation of the species, society has also valued women who are good nurturers and adorners.
- Corner adorners are all the rage in web design these days.
- Scrapbookers can use corner adorners to make the corners of their scrapbook unique and stylish.
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin adornare, from ad- 'to' + ornare 'deck, add lustre'. Rhymesborn, borne, bourn, Braun, brawn, corn, dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, forborne, forewarn, forlorn, freeborn, lawn, lorn, morn, mourn, newborn, Norn, outworn, pawn, prawn, Quorn, sawn, scorn, Sean, shorn, spawn, suborn, sworn, thorn, thrawn, torn, Vaughan, warn, withdrawn, worn, yawn Definition of adorn in US English: adornverbəˈdôrnəˈdɔrn [with object]Make more beautiful or attractive. 装饰 pictures and prints adorned his walls 画和印刷图片装饰着他的墙面。 Example sentencesExamples - The glitzy banner adorning the incomplete wall has four large Chinese characters.
- Inside the rest house, a large photograph of a hunting party with a slain tiger in the foreground adorns the wall.
- A plaque commemorating his conservation work in the town adorns a wall on a footpath running beside the River Aire.
- So there were glimpses of china and such that adorned the walls of the Welsh cottage but which have seen little or no daylight here.
- Beautiful landscape paintings adorn the walls of the Damle family at Dadar.
- It's also a fact that in my life I have spent far more on dressing and adorning myself than I ever have on a bed.
- The ready-made curtains that could adorn the walls of living rooms are an added attraction.
- Black furnishings, and tens of temple-candle shaped wall lamps adorn the dining area.
- Photographs of the school and its pupils in the 1970s also adorned the walls.
- A portrait of Eddie, complete with cigar, still adorns one of the walls in the hotel.
- We were led to a corner booth in a room with a colorful mural of what I assume was a Mexican beach adorning the main wall.
- During the Christmas festival each one is adorned with decorations, but not gaudy lights and tinsel.
- She has also produced a large scale mural which now adorns the wall of the LSU.
- The Dutch artist/musician Herman Brood used to live above it and his artwork adorns the walls.
- The décor was modern, with stylish new paintings for sale adorning the walls.
- His angels were likewise adorned with beautiful garments and wondrous instruments.
- A colorful mural adorns the back wall of the building, while another area features a beautifully carved wooden tree.
- Already he has his paintings adorning the walls of the Lighthouse Bar and a few homes around the country.
- His wagon box is adorned with hand prints from youngsters at the Children's Hospital.
- I lingered in the hallways for awhile admiring the artistic prints of money adorning the walls.
Synonyms embellish, decorate, furnish, ornament, add ornament to, enhance
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin adornare, from ad- ‘to’ + ornare ‘deck, add luster’. |