See decorate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{ "forms": [ { "form": "decorate", "tags": [ "canonical" ] }, { "form": "decorates", "tags": [ "third-person", "singular" ] }, { "form": "decorated", "tags": [ "past" ] }, { "form": "decorated", "tags": [ "past", "participle" ] }, { "form": "decorating", "tags": [ "present", "participle" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "decorat", "2": "e" }, "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "verb" } ], "hyphenation": "dec‧or‧ate", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Intransitive verbs", "Transitive verbs" ], "examples": [ { "text": "We're going to decorate our Christmas tree tonight." }, { "text": "The men sat in large uncomfortable wooden chairs decorated with carvings of flowers." }, { "text": "The room was brightly decorated." } ], "glosses": [ "If you decorate something, you make it look nice, usually by putting something pretty on it or painting it." ], "raw_tags": [ "transitive & intransitive" ] }, { "categories": [ "Transitive verbs" ], "examples": [ { "text": "In her room, photos decorated the white walls." } ], "glosses": [ "If x decorates y, y looks nice because x is on or close to it." ], "raw_tags": [ "transitive" ] }, { "categories": [ "Transitive verbs" ], "examples": [ { "text": "He was decorated by the president for saving several men who had been shot." } ], "glosses": [ "If you decorate someone, you give them a medal for doing something brave or good." ], "raw_tags": [ "transitive" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈdɛkəreɪt/" }, { "audio": "en-us-decorate.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "word": "decorate" }
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