adorn
adorn
Definition
adorn (ə dôrn′)
transitive verb
- to be an ornament to; add beauty, splendor, or distinction to
- to put decorations on; ornament
Etymology: ME adornen (altered after L) < OFr aourner < L adornare < ad-, to + ornare, to fit out: see ornament
adorn
Synonyms
adorn
Usage Examples
Object
- wall: The walls adorned with pictures of every type of boat.
- bride: The tradition of adorning a bride 's hair during wedding ceremonies has existed since Anglo-Saxon times.
- doctrine: We want to adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
- palace: The Maltese Crosses which adorned the palace had not been moved and the was adopted as the symbol of the pages.
- heaven: For the star is the spark of consciousness now nurtured into a blazing light which ' adorns the heavens ' .
- ceiling: Latin inscriptions in praise of the Virgin adorn the wooden ceiling.
Preposition: with
- carving: Some rare contemporary museum exhibits are adorned with carvings.
- ribbon: Carry a single red rose adorned with a ribbon.
- mural: Both bridges are adorned with steel murals facing the traffic below, depicting either canal boats or steam trains.
- statue: A long winding drive, with banks of rare shrubs on either side, opened out into a great graveled square adorned with statues.
- lace: It is adorned with a delicate lace trim and ties elegantly under the bust.
- feather: Answer: Time My posterior is adorned with feathers.
Adjective complement
- most: It soon became apparent that this is their slogan for Japan, with it adorning most of their advertising.
Modifying Another Word
- richly: The whole of this suite of rooms is richly adorned with carvings in wood.
- beautifully: By mid-afternoon we had reached The Ranch, Pietersburg, a beautifully adorned garden lodge in an area of dry grassland.
- once: There could be no doubt that that circlet of plain gold had once adorned the finger of a bride.
- regularly: The fact they regularly adorn the covers of the major organ magazines suggests that many people agree.
- now: The Millenium lamps which now adorn all the Kelvin Bridges, look very nice.
- still: By then Isaac had built a handsome Georgian front to the mill house ( his initials still adorn the side wall ).
Preposition: in
- manner: At Christmas the church was adorned in an especially solemn manner.
