1. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
   "Decorate the room for the party";
   - adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify, fancify
    
2. Provide with decoration
   "decorate the windows";
   - dress
    
3. Serve to decorate and look nice
   "Flowers decorated the tables everywhere";
   - deck, adorn, grace, embellish, beautify
    
4. [Brit] Paint, wallpaper, or otherwise improve the appearance of interior walls and surfaces
   "They spent the weekend decorating the living room"
    
5. Award a mark of honour, such as a medal, to
   "He was decorated for his services in the military"

Derived forms: decorated, decorates, decorating

Type of: alter, arrange, be, change, exist, fete, fête, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], modify, reward, set up

Encyclopedia: Decorate