- 1to make something or someone look more attractive by decorating it or them with something adorn something/somebody Gold rings adorned his fingers.
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- 2(ironic) Graffiti adorned the walls. adorn something/somebody/yourself with something The walls were adorned with paintings. The children adorned themselves with flowers.
adorn
verbNAmE//əˈdɔrn//
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they adorn he / she / it adorns
past simple adorned
-ing form adorning
A plain necklace was her only adornment.See adorn in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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