as in decorative
serving to add beauty
the chef tends to overuse sprigs of parsley and other embellishing garnishes on dishes that don't need them
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as in exaggerating
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family
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as in decorating
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life
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Adjective
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Andrew Williams The Best Smart Lighting Panels, LED Strips, and Ambient Lamps Add some color to your life, find accent lighting to match your mood, and transform the feel of your home with these decorative connected devices.—
Adrienne So,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025 -
In her Columbus, Georgia, living room, designer Chenault James treated her father-in-law’s collection of National Geographic magazines as a decorative element, incorporating them into the space as an eye-catching colorblock of warm gold.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
18 Jan. 2025
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Singing was more fun than decorating cookies.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
24 Dec. 2024
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Previously, Gerry had spent time decorating their yard with fanciful folk sculptures, including a bathtub painted to look like both a cow and a fighter plane, and also trying to preserve old buildings in town, but now his purpose narrowed.—
Rachel Aviv,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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For detailed advice on pruning techniques and on when to prune each species of common ornamental shrubs, see mortonarb.org/pruning-deciduous-shrubs.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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An area under the shade of an ornamental tree in summer may still be in partial to full sun during early spring, which is sufficient for snowdrops.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Jan. 2025
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But a lot of the Biden diehards will be people from his inner circle, coloring his legacy going forward.—
W. James Antle III,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
30 Dec. 2024
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The entire halftime show featured white costumes and coloring, along with a ton of country hits.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
25 Dec. 2024
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The inviting ones adorning the tips of the Lina Bo Bardi’s Bola de Latao armchair, and the microscopic ones teasing the bottom of a Josef Hoffman fork.—
Sophie Collé,
Architectural Digest,
27 Dec. 2024
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His works include a large-scale interpretation of New Zealand's native Weta bug along the first fairway and a series of oversized dragonflies with six-foot wingspans adorning a lake by the sixth fairway.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The tradition of cutting the net and draping it around you is something done when a team wins a trophy.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
The Athletic,
19 Dec. 2024
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At the premiere of Bread & Roses, Jennifer Lawrence slipped into a black archival Christian Lacroix number, and its billowy silhouette lent itself perfectly to draping over her bump.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
18 Dec. 2024
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Firmware updates, essential for patching vulnerabilities and enhancing router functionality, are also largely ignored.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
24 Dec. 2024
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That said, Crocs’ management is utilizing its strong profit margins to repurchase shares and reduce debt, having repaid $248 million in debt and spent $326 million on buybacks in 2024 so far, enhancing shareholder value.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Embellishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embellishing. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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