bedeck

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /bɪˈdɛk/ UK /bɪˈdɛk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to decorate or adorn, especially lavishly

They bedecked the hall with garlands for the festival.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to decorate or adorn,... adorn decorate embellish ornament array festoon trim

Opposites

strip bare denude

Word family

Derived forms bedeckedbedecking

Related forms deck

Etymology

From the intensive prefix be- + deck ('to adorn'). This sense of deck is from Middle Dutch dekken ('to cover'), from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną, related to thatch.

be- Old English dekken Middle Dutch

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# bedeck

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /bɪˈdɛk/
**IPA (UK):** /bɪˈdɛk/

## Meanings
1. to decorate or adorn, especially lavishly

## Examples
- They bedecked the hall with garlands for the festival.

## Synonyms
- adorn
- decorate
- embellish
- ornament
- array
- festoon
- trim

## Antonyms
- strip
- bare
- denude

## Derived Forms
- bedecked
- bedecking

## Related Forms
- deck

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: be-
- Root: dekken

## Etymology
From the intensive prefix be- + deck ('to adorn'). This sense of deck is from Middle Dutch dekken ('to cover'), from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną, related to thatch.

## AI Etymology
Bedeck is from the intensive prefix be- + deck ('to adorn'). This sense of deck is from Middle Dutch dekken ('to cover'), from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną, related to thatch. In present-day use, it means to decorate or adorn, especially lavishly. Derived formations include bedecked and bedecking. Related vocabulary includes deck.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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