"bedeck" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bɪˈdɛk/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bedeck.wav Forms: bedecks [present, singular, third-person], bedecking [participle, present], bedecked [participle, past], bedecked [past]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From be- + deck. Compare West Frisian bedekke (“to cover”), Dutch bedekken (“to cover, coat, overlay”), German bedecken (“to cover, top, overlay”), Swedish betäcka (“to cover, shelter”). Doublet of bethatch. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|deck}} be- + deck, {{cog|fy|bedekke||to cover}} West Frisian bedekke (“to cover”), {{cog|nl|bedekken||to cover, coat, overlay}} Dutch bedekken (“to cover, coat, overlay”), {{cog|de|bedecken||to cover, top, overlay}} German bedecken (“to cover, top, overlay”), {{cog|sv|betäcka||to cover, shelter}} Swedish betäcka (“to cover, shelter”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bedeck (third-person singular simple present bedecks, present participle bedecking, simple past and past participle bedecked)
  1. (transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn Tags: transitive Translations (deck, ornament, adorn): окичвам (okičvam) (Bulgarian), украсявам (ukrasjavam) (Bulgarian), schmücken (German), verzieren (German), decorare (Italian), ornare (Italian), у́краси (úkrasi) [perfective] (Macedonian), укра́сува (ukrásuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), ки́ти (kíti) [imperfective] (Macedonian), на́кити (nákiti) [perfective] (Macedonian), whakapīwari (Maori), zdobić [imperfective] (Polish), ozdobić [perfective] (Polish), okrasić [perfective] (Polish), stroić [imperfective] (Polish), украшать (ukrašatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bedeck-en-verb-ZWMBhxJd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 30 10 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'deck, ornament, adorn': 71 29
  2. (transitive) to grace. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bedeck-en-verb-PWHfsUYl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 30 10 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bedecker

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) to grace."
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.