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- Dictionaryadorn/əˈdɔːn/
verb
- 1. make more beautiful or attractive: "pictures and prints adorned his walls"
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The meaning of ADORN is to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects. How to use adorn in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Adorn.
to make something more attractive by putting something on it: The bride’s hair was adorned with fresh flowers. adornment. noun [ C/U ] us / əˈdɔrn·mənt / [ C ] Her only adornment was a ruby necklace.
to add something decorative to a person or thing: The bride's hair was adorned with white flowers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Decorating or making something attractive. accessorize. adornment. beautification. beautify. bedeck. embellishment. festoon. flock. foliated. garland. ornamentation. ornate. over-glamorize. overdecorate.
Adorn definition: to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments. See examples of ADORN used in a sentence.
1. to be an ornament to; add beauty, splendor, or distinction to. 2. to put decorations on; ornament.
1. To lend beauty to: flowers adorned the walkway. 2. To enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments: "[He] requires the presence of titles to legitimate and adorn ... his imperfect status" (Cynthia Ozick). [Middle English adornen, from Old French adourner, from Latin adōrnāre : ad-, ad- + ōrnāre, to decorate; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
Definition of adorn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
