B2verb · intransitive · rare

adorn

adorn · adorns · adorned · adorning

інвестувати, вкласти, вкладати

украсить, украшать

schmücken, zieren, verzieren

To make more beautiful and attractiveTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

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UK/əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/US/əˈdɔɹn/

» Man adorns the place, the place doesn't adorn the man.

Не місце красить людину, а людину місце.

Meaning

1 senses

To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
a man adorned with noble statuary and columns
a character adorned with every Christian grace
schmücken, zieren, verzieren
украша́тьukrašátʹ, укра́ситьukrásitʹ
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

Examples

58 sentences

Man adorns the place, the place doesn't adorn the man.
Не місце красить людину, а людину місце.
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She adorned her dress with flowers.
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They adorned the room with flowers.
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The violets adorn my kitchen windows.
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Who is adorned with old age?
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to make more beautiful and attractive:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to make more beautiful and attractive:

Origin

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, emb

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.

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Forms

adorns, adorning, adorned, adorned

Base form	adorn · to adorn
3rd person singular	adorns
Present participle	adorning
Past simple	adorned
Past participle	adorned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	adorn
he, she, it	adorns

Past simpleLesson

all persons

adorned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have adorned
he, she, it	has adorned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will adorn

Synonyms

26 synonyms

beautifyB2 decorateB2 deckB2 graceA2 ornamentB2 adoreB2 investB1 detailA2 commendC1 enrichB1 bedeck prettify apparel array

Close in meaning

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.:decorate grace ornament embellish beautify
be beautiful to look at:deck decorate grace embellish beautify
furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors:invest clothe

Word family

10 related words

Relatedadornment

Derivedadornable adornation adorner adorningly disadorn misadorn overadorn readorn unadorn

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle