BEDECK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bedeck mean? 

• BEDECK (verb)
  The verb BEDECK has 1 sense:

1. decorate

  Familiarity information: BEDECK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEDECK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bedeck    ... he / she / it bedecks   
Past simple: bedecked   
Past participle: bedecked   
-ing form: bedecking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decorate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bedeck; bedight; deck

Context example:

deck the halls with holly

Hypernyms (to "bedeck" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bedeck"):

plume (deck with a plume)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something PP