Bedeck
verb
To decorate or cover something with ornaments or other attractive items.
The room was bedecked with flowers for the wedding ceremony.

Often appears as...
- bedeck with flowers
- bedeck in lights
verb
To decorate or cover something with ornaments or other attractive items.
The room was bedecked with flowers for the wedding ceremony.

Often appears as...
- bedeck with flowers
- bedeck in lights
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Festive Occasions
Use 'bedeck' when describing places or objects decorated for special events, like festivals or parties.

The hall was bedecked with banners for the graduation celebration.
Not Simple
'Bedeck' implies decoration that is rich or elaborate, not something simple or minimalistic.

The Christmas tree was bedecked with ornate baubles, tinsel, and lights.
Visual Attraction
Use 'bedeck' to suggest something is made visually attractive or eye-catching through decoration.

She bedecked her hairstyle with delicate flowers for the summer parade.
Festive Occasions
Use 'bedeck' when describing places or objects decorated for special events, like festivals or parties.

The hall was bedecked with banners for the graduation celebration.
Not Simple
'Bedeck' implies decoration that is rich or elaborate, not something simple or minimalistic.

The Christmas tree was bedecked with ornate baubles, tinsel, and lights.
Visual Attraction
Use 'bedeck' to suggest something is made visually attractive or eye-catching through decoration.

She bedecked her hairstyle with delicate flowers for the summer parade.
Festive Occasions
Use 'bedeck' when describing places or objects decorated for special events, like festivals or parties.

The hall was bedecked with banners for the graduation celebration.
Not Simple
'Bedeck' implies decoration that is rich or elaborate, not something simple or minimalistic.

The Christmas tree was bedecked with ornate baubles, tinsel, and lights.
Visual Attraction
Use 'bedeck' to suggest something is made visually attractive or eye-catching through decoration.

She bedecked her hairstyle with delicate flowers for the summer parade.
Video examples
Anastasia Taylor-Lind:...
with ordinary lives from ordinary towns. But the elaborate costumes that they had bedecked themselves in were quite extraordinary. I say the word "costume" because these were not clothes that had been issued or coordinated by anyone.
Video examples
Anastasia Taylor-Lind:...
with ordinary lives from ordinary towns. But the elaborate costumes that they had bedecked themselves in were quite extraordinary. I say the word "costume" because these were not clothes that had been issued or coordinated by anyone.
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Quote examples
Elizabeth Berg
American Author
My mom used to keep all her Christmas cards in a basket bedecked with red ribbon, and I loved to look at them all and read all the letters.

Quote examples
Maurice Chevalier
French Actor
It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations.

Quote examples
Elizabeth Berg
American Author
My mom used to keep all her Christmas cards in a basket bedecked with red ribbon, and I loved to look at them all and read all the letters.

Quote examples
Maurice Chevalier
French Actor
It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations.

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