decorating

Verb

decorate (third-person singular simple present decorates, present participle decorating, simple past and past participle decorated)

1. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
   • We decorated the Christmas tree with tinsel and baubles.
2. (ambitransitive, By putting paint or wallpaper on the walls.) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
   • There's some paint left over from when we decorated the guest bedroom.
3. (ambitransitive, By adding adornments to the interior space.) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
   • People tend to decorate for the holidays or special events.
4. (transitive) To honor by providing a medal, ribbon, or other adornment.
   • He was decorated for his service in three wars.
5. (transitive) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.
   • It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.

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