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embellish - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'embellish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Embellish [ v. t.]
- To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

Meaning of 'embellish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . embellish [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
Example in sentence:
  • beautify yourself for the special day;
  • Decorate the room for the party
Meaning (2):
- be beautiful to look at
Example in sentence:
  • Flowers adorned the tables everywhere

Nearby Words:

embace embale emball embalm embalmed embalmer embalming embalmment embank embanked

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