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- Dictionaryembellish/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/
verb
- 1. make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features: "blue silk embellished with golden embroidery" Similar
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EMBELLISH definition: 1. to make something more beautiful by adding something to it: 2. to add or change some details of…. Learn more.
The meaning of EMBELLISH is to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate. How to use embellish in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Embellish.
Embellish definition: to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.. See examples of EMBELLISH used in a sentence.
Definition of embellish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Embellish often has the positive meaning of adding something to make it more handsome or beautifully decorated. But, while adding bells to something looks great at first, after a couple of hours of bells ringing in the ears, what was meant to embellish and beautify can get annoying.
to make something more beautiful or interesting by additions or details: Many early building entrances were richly embellished. If you embellish a story or statement, you add details that are not completely true in order to make it more interesting: He couldn’t resist embellishing his account of the African safari.
If something is embellished with decorative features or patterns, it has those features or patterns on it and they make it look more attractive. The stern was embellished with carvings in red and blue. [be VERB -ed + with] Ivy leaves embellish the front of the dresser. [VERB noun]
em·bel·lish. (ĕm-bĕl′ĭsh) tr.v. em·bel·lished, em·bel·lish·ing, em·bel·lish·es. 1. To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate. 2. To add ornamental or fictitious details to: a fanciful account that embellishes the true story.
to make something more beautiful or interesting by adding something to it: He embellished the story with lots of dramatic detail. embellishment. noun [ C, U ] (Definition of embellish from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of embellish. in Chinese (Traditional) 裝飾，修飾, 給…錦上添花，渲染… See more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English em‧bel‧lish /ɪmˈbelɪʃ/ verb [ transitive] 1 to make something more beautiful by adding decorations to it SYN decorate embellish something with something The dress was embellished with gold threads. 2 to make a story or statement more interesting by adding details that are not true SYN ...
