embellish

1. To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.

   The old book cover was embellished with golden letters

   bereichern, schmücken, verschönern

   украша́тьukrašátʹ, укра́ситьukrásitʹ

   прикраша́тиprykrašáty, прикра́шуватиprykrášuvaty, прикра́си́тиprykrásýty

   make more beautiful

2. (broadly)To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.

3. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.

   to embellish a story, the truth

   ausschmücken, verbrämen, schönreden

   приукра́шиватьpriukrášivatʹ

1. Kids were embellishing all the rumors.

   ruДети приукрашивали все слухи.

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2. I am not embarrassing you, but embellishing you.

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3. A "modifier" has, just as it sounds, the role of embellishing sentences.

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4. The organ is supported by red marble columns and embellished with countless decorations.

   ruОрган поддерживается колоннами из красного мрамора и украшен бесчисленными украшениями.

   deDie Orgel wird durch Säulen aus rotem Marmor gestützt und von unzähligen Verzierungen verschönert.

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5. Men may embellish their look with gloves or a top hat if they desire.

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