festoon
To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from…To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
Meaning
4 sensesTo decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
украша́ть гирляндамиukrašátʹ girljandami, украша́ть фестонамиukrašátʹ festonami
To make festoons.
To decorate or bedeck abundantly.
He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots.
decorate with strings of flowers
(transitive)To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.
Examples
3 sentencesThe walls are festooned with ivy.
ruСтены увиты плющом. — odexed
The festoon lights were draped over the terrace space.
They are stringing flowers together for the festoons above the doorways.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from French feston.Borrowed from French feston.
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Forms
festoons, festooning, festooned, festoonedWord family
1 related wordsLessons 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.