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- Dictionaryadorn/əˈdɔːn/
verb
- 1. make more beautiful or attractive: "pictures and prints adorned his walls"
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to make something more attractive by putting something on it: The bride’s hair was adorned with fresh flowers. adornment. noun [ C/U ] us / əˈdɔrn·mənt / [ C ] Her only adornment was a ruby necklace.
The meaning of ADORN is to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects. How to use adorn in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Adorn.
to make something more attractive by putting something on it: The bride’s hair was adorned with fresh flowers. adornment. noun [ C/U ] us / əˈdɔrn·mənt / [ C ] Her only adornment was a ruby necklace.
If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful. His watercolour designs adorn a wide range of books. [VERB noun] Several magnificent oil paintings adorn the walls. [VERB noun] Synonyms: decorate, enhance, deck, trim More Synonyms of adorn. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
1. To lend beauty to: flowers adorned the walkway. 2. To enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments: "[He] requires the presence of titles to legitimate and adorn ... his imperfect status" (Cynthia Ozick). [Middle English adornen, from Old French adourner, from Latin adōrnāre : ad-, ad- + ōrnāre, to decorate; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
To adorn is to dress something up by decorating it. You might adorn your poncho with fringe or your poodle's dog collar with rhinestones.
Adorn definition: to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments. See examples of ADORN used in a sentence.
