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adorn meaning

EN[əˈdoɹn] [əˈdɔː(ɹ)n] [-ɔː(r)n]
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  • 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

    Definition of adorn in English Dictionary

  • Noun
    1. (obsolete) adornment.
    2. VerbSGadornsPRadorningPT, PPadorned
      1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
        1. a man adorned with noble statuary and columns
        2. a character adorned with every Christian grace
        3. a gallery of paintings was adorned with the works of some of the great masters
    3. More Examples
      1. 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
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
        • Verbs
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        1. en adorned
        2. en adornment
        3. en adorns
        4. en adorn'd
        5. en adorner
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of adorn for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "adorn" is a noun, more specifically, a nouns with unknown or uncertain plural. It's also a verb.
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