adorn

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Fretwork   is   used to   adorn   furniture   and   musical instruments .
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Meaning

Synonyms

decorate
C2
embellish
39k
ornament
C2
beautify
garnish
20k
grace
B1
bedeck
deck
B2

make beautiful

trim
C1
festoon
array
C2
dress
A2
👗
dress up
clothe
28k
invest
C1
make up
enrich
28k
doll up
deck out
coin
B2
🪙
adornment
celebrate
B1
apparel
25k
caparison
emblazon
elaborate
C1
outfit
B2
hang
A2
furnish
24k
prepare
B1
dodge
C1
decoration
C2
bedew
armor
C1
color
B1
fit
A2
finish
A2
figure
A2
avoid
B1
appoint
C2
feign
33k
cloth
C1
fatten
29k
evade
C2
circumvent
40k
avert
24k
equip
37k

enhance

embroider
42k
Translations

adornar
schmücken
orner
décorer
adornare
adornar
parer
abbellire
decorare
ornamentar
verzieren
versieren
ornare
decorar
decoreren
Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈdɔɹn/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
adornen
Cognate with Middle English
aournen
Cognate with Old French
aorner
In summary

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.

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