adorn meaning
EN[əˈdoɹn] [əˈdɔː(ɹ)n] [-ɔː(r)n]US
WAdorn
- Adorn may refer to:
- Adorn (Middle-earth), a river of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
- Barnstar, a decorative piece in the shape of a five-point star used to adorn the barn
- Fretwork, an interlaced decorative design that is either carved in low relief on a solid background, or cut out with a fretsaw, jigsaw or scrollsaw
- Instruct, See: Resh Lakish#Examples of his exegesis
- Others to Adorn (1938), book by Oliver St. John Gogarty
- Purfling, a narrow decorative wooden (sometimes abalone) strip inlaid into the top and (often) bottom plates of stringed instruments
- Noun
- VerbSGadornsPRadorningPT, PPadorned
- To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- a man adorned with noble statuary and columns
- a character adorned with every Christian grace
- a gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters
- To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The chairs or cathedræ of the Roman ladies were distinguished from those of the men, by being adorned with cushions and embroidery.
- Bleſt with each virtue, and with ev’ry grace, That can adorn the beſt of human race, Whoſe breaſt with ev’ry gen’rous tho’t still glows
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of adorn in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary