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Bedeck

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To adorn or ornament in a showy fashion.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To deck out; adorn; grace: as, “bedecking ornaments,” ; “bedecked, ornate, and gay,”

A simplified spelling of bedecked.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. decorate

Word Usage

"Just as she had refused to "bedeck" herself for social occasions as a girl, so her choreography insisted that the audience see plainly what is there instead of buying into some comfy illusion."

Verb Form

bedecked bedecking bedecks

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

grace decorate beautify ornament adorn embellish

Hyponym

plume

Form

bedecked bedecking

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

grace ornament

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Cech Czech Dec Eck Lech Lek Peck Quebec bec beck

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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