embellish
verbEtymology
From Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, from em- + bel.
- derived from embellir
- inherited from embelishen
Definitions
To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation
To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
- The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
- A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.
- Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
- to embellish a story, the truth
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at embellish. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at embellish. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at embellish
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA