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DECORATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
Synonyms:
adorned; decorated
Classified under:
Similar:
tufted (having or adorned with tufts)
tricked-out (decorated in a particular way)
tasseled; tasselled (fringed or adorned with tassels)
tapestried (hung or decorated with tapestry)
studded (dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads; usually used in combination)
paneled; wainscoted (fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting)
mounted (decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination)
tessellated (decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic)
inwrought (having a decorative pattern worked or woven in)
inlaid (adorned by inlays)
inflamed (adorned with tongues of flame)
gilt-edged (having gilded edges as the pages of a book)
fringed (having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips)
frilled; frilly; ruffled (having decorative ruffles or frills)
feathered; feathery; plumy (adorned with feathers or plumes)
crocketed ((of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage))
crested (bearing an heraldic device)
crested; topknotted; tufted ((of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination)
crested; plumed ((of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume)
clinquant; tinseled; tinselly (glittering with gold or silver)
champleve; cloisonne ((for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired)
carbuncled (set with carbuncles)
buttony (ornamented with many buttons)
brocaded; embossed; raised (embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery)
bespectacled; monocled; spectacled (wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass)
bedaubed (ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion)
beady; gemmed; jeweled; jewelled; sequined; spangled; spangly (covered with beads or jewels or sequins)
Also:
clad; clothed (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination)
fancy (not plain; decorative or ornamented)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb decorate
Context examples:
I was then much surprised and interested on glancing down to observe that, though the boots which she was wearing were not unlike each other, they were really odd ones; the one having a slightly decorated toe-cap, and the other a plain one.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A few rich settles and bancals, choicely carved and decorated with glazed leather hangings of the sort termed or basane, completed the furniture of the apartment, save that at one side of the dais there stood a lofty perch, upon which a cast of three solemn Prussian gerfalcons sat, hooded and jesseled, as silent and motionless as the royal fowler who stood beside them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The most important characteristic of these nanogels is their ability to be chemically modified or "decorated" with bioactive molecules, scientists say.
(Novel nanogels hold promise for improved drug delivery to cancer patients, National Science Foundation)
A few strange, antique portraits of the men and women of other days decorated the stained walls; a cupboard with glass doors contained some books and an ancient set of china.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The commander in chief and his aides soon spread the tablecloth with an inviting array of eatables and drinkables, prettily decorated with green leaves.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
