to deck
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4.1
- verb
- /dɛk/
:
adornar
- During the festive season, many families deck their homes with colorful lights and ornaments.
The women decked themselves in beads, hairpins, bangles, and rings.
- The women decked themselves in beads, hairpins, bangles, and rings.
- Some names shall deck the page of history as it is written on stone, some will not.
- It has everything needed to help you deck the halls from face to balls just in time for mistletoe season.
- And then, you know, they get me decked out and I get outside and then they, they need me to go voice to voice with the guy.
- I've seen some also in like Scherling in like, I don't know, in a variety of different Gucci make a pair that's like decked out in its interlocking G pattern.
Examples
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Eight giggly girls trying to pretend they were grown-ups, decked out in sophisticated suits and too much makeup.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Officers' Club is decked out for a reception for Admiral Crawford.
Fiction book (1997) -
I mean, I have the whole house decked out.
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Look at you, all decked out.
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Cape Town is decked out in red and white.
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We deck our halls with it and dye our linens.
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Men, women, and children walk decked out in their traditional garb, full of color and regalia.
Academic text (2009) -
Capone steps out of the car, decked out in a flamboyant style.
Fiction book (1991) -
The women decked themselves in beads, hairpins, bangles, and rings.
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In their place came cars that looked almost normal, Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes, all of them decked out in sensors and stuffed with computers.
Synonyms
226
1.9
To make something look nicer by adding paint, ornaments, or other items
66
3.8
To make something more beautiful or admired
56
3.4
Make something look nicer or more attractive for a special event
45
4.9
To put decorations on something to make it look more beautiful
15
4.1
To make a person or a room look special with clothes and decorations
10
6.3
To make something more beautiful by adding decorative details
9
3.2
To make a place or person more attractive by adding decorations like paint
4
3.7
To add decorations to something to make it look nicer
4
7.8
To put fancy decorations like flowers or lights on something to make it look special
1
5.7
To decorate something with a band of flowers or leaves
To dress people or things in silks and jewelry
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
6
3.8
The part of a ship below the main floor where crew sleep or store things
- UK
4
1.6
A folding outdoor chair with a wooden frame and a cloth seat used for sitting in the sun
- Specialized
1
6.4
Top outside part of a ship open to rain and wind that protects the area below
- Specialized
1
6.1
An upper deck on a ship where the captain stands to steer and look out
- Specialized
The top watertight deck on a ship used to measure the ship's height above water
How Decorated
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb deck comes from the old word dek meaning 'to cover', which turned into the idea of covering with ornaments. So to deck the halls is to cover them with decorations.