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BEDECK
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bedeck ... he / she / it bedecks
Past simple: bedecked
Past participle: bedecked
-ing form: bedecking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Decorate
Example:
deck the halls with holly
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "bedeck" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bedeck"):
plume (deck with a plume)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something PP
