| means | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
ornament, grace, embellish, adorn, decorate, beautify |
| means | (verb) decorate; "deck the halls with holly"
bedight, bedeck, deck |
| means | (verb) put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
barde, bard, caparison, dress up |
| means | (verb) decorate with needlework
broider, embroider |
| means | (verb) coat, inlay, or surface with enamel
enamel |
| means | (verb) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
engild, gild, begild |
| means | (verb) decorate in a cheap and flashy way; "the small-town bar was all tarted up"
tart up |
| means | (verb) dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn"
prank |
| means | (verb) decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"
trim |
| means | (verb) dress up in a cheap and provocative way
tart up |
| means | (verb) dress up garishly and tastelessly
bedizen, dizen |
| means | (verb) be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
beautify, decorate, grace, embellish, deck, adorn |
| means | (verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
trim, dress, garnish |
| means | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
adjust, correct, set |
| means | (verb) be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
ornament |
| means | (verb) dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"
prank |
| means | (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
primp, dress, preen, plume |
| means | (verb) add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!"
lace, spike, fortify |
| means | (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
gear up, set, set up, ready, prepare, fix |
| means | (verb) be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
figure, enter |
| means | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
fig out, rig out, gussy up, trick up, get up, attire, deck out, fig up, dress up, tog out, tog up, overdress, trick out, prink, deck up, fancy up |
| means | (verb) put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire"
set |
| means | (verb) close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
zip, zipper, zip up |
| means | (verb) put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"
get dressed, dress |
| means | (verb) use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.; "She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends"
pretty up, doll up, glam up, do up |
| means | (verb) make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
spruce, spruce up, spiff up, titivate, tittivate, slick up, smarten up |
| means | (verb) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
set out, range, lay out, array |