verb
adorn
CEFR B2
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
In a sentence
Six example sentences with adorn, each labelled with its topic.
Carved stone lions adorn the bank's entrance, though the building behind them is plain gray concrete.
Architecture
Thin ribbons of candied orange adorn the top of the cake, and guests always eat them before the frosting.
Cooking
Baroque players adorn a plain written line with trills and turns that the composer never bothered to write down.
Music
Gilded vines adorn the frame, and for many visitors the border draws more attention than the portrait inside it.
Art
Merchants paid to have their family crests adorn the church windows, so the town's trade history is written in glass.
History
Painted tiles adorn every doorway in the old quarter, and no two houses on the lane use the same pattern.
Travel
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Found in 4 published word lists
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
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