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adorn
a‧dorn/əˈdɔːn $ -ɔːrn/ verb [TRANSITIVE] [date : 1300-1400; Language : French; Origin : adorner, from Latin adornare, from ad- 'to' + ornare 'to decorate'] formal to decorate something adorn something with something ▪ church walls adorned with religious paintings
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN wall ▪ Several of Gemma's paintings adorn the walls. ▪ Fortunately, there's usually groovy soul music playing and eye-catching art adorning the walls. ▪ Vast modem frescoes adorned the walls of old buildings, and everywhere seemed to be filled with activity and colour. ▪ Large, colorful graphs and charts will adorn the walls of most offices and factories of the workplace of the future. ▪ Roman art continued to adorn the walls of churches and the sides of sarcophagi. ▪ Their walk advertised a circus whose posters had adorned walls and lampposts for the past week. ▪ These various ratings adorned the walls. ▪ An equine print after the style of Stubbs adorned the longest wall. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Rings and gems adorned the fingers of both her hands. ▪ The bridesmaids had adorned their heads with flowers. ▪ The walls of the church were richly adorned with carvings and pictures. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Expect Mark and Jason Lee to adorn your screens right about now. ▪ He dyed doves various bright colours to fly around and adorn the folly and the town. ▪ Large, colorful graphs and charts will adorn the walls of most offices and factories of the workplace of the future. ▪ Lava lamps adorned the stage, while watery, pulsating lights flashed behind them. ▪ On a sunny day, it shimmers brightly, almost obscuring the fine frescoes and reliefs that now adorn the structure. ▪ She had been asking him about the little wooden cities which adorned the shelves in her room. ▪ The facades of the buildings were adorned with rich armorial bearings, which Rodrigo Vivero had described with admiration in 1609. ▪ Vast modem frescoes adorned the walls of old buildings, and everywhere seemed to be filled with activity and colour.
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