ornamenting
present participle ofornament
ornament
verb[T]
formaluk/ˈɔː.nə.ment/us/ˈɔːr.nə.ment/toadddecorationto something:
She ornamented herletterswithlittledrawingsin themargin.
Decorating or making something attractive
- accessorize
- adorn
- adornment
- beautification
- beautify
- embellish
- flock
- foliated
- garland
- gewgaw
- glam
- ornamentation
- ornate
- over-glamorize
- overdecorate
- overdecoration
- twiddly
- window dressing
- yarn bombing
- zhuzh
Examplesofornamenting
ornamenting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We have to invent tradition by freelyornamentingour recollections to gain not only some sense of self but also the acceptance of others.
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Was this the time to spend money inornamentinggenerals?
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We are constantly "altering, repairing,ornamenting, finishing cleaning, washing, freezing, packing or canning, or adapting for sale, or breaking up or demolishing" white heather.
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The 15th-century cloisters have many small bossesornamentingthe vault.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hours would be spent washing, combing, oiling, styling andornamentingtheir hair.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Major figurative decoration occurs particularly around the portals of cathedrals and churches,ornamentingthe tympanum, lintels, jambs and central posts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The purpose of the invention is described as providing a convenient and economical means of lettering,ornamenting, or filling the wire mesh.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Those in favor tried to create beautiful objects, approaching exotic subjects andornamentingthem with a musical language, but which are cold.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Jazz guitarists usually learn the appropriateornamentingstyles by listening to prominent recordings from a given style or jazz era.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are foundornamentingthe piers of the nave, choir and transepts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He extensively remodeled the house between 17331737, adding a third story, encasing its east facade in clapboard, andornamentingthe exterior with architectural details and continuous strips of spandrel panels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The modernist context, and the time leading up to it, meant that architects were more concerned with the problem of building, rather than in the art ofornamenting.
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