Festoon - English meaning

verb

Make more beautiful or attractive.

Usage examples:

Pictures and prints adorned his walls

noun

An impressive display or range of a particular type of thing.

Usage examples:

There is a vast array of literature on the topic

verb

Display or arrange (things) in a particular way.

Usage examples:

The manifesto immediately divided the forces arrayed against him

noun

A large group of things or people, esp. when shown or positioned in an attractive way

Usage examples:

The airport shops offer a wide array of merchandise., a battery of cameras was arrayed before them.

verb

Decorate.

Usage examples:

He led us into a room bedecked with tinsel

verb

Dress up or decorate gaudily.

Usage examples:

A uniform bedizened with resplendent medals

verb

Cover or adorn with something that glitters or sparkles.

Usage examples:

A small cell all bejewelled and bespangled with flashy ornamentation

noun

A kind of soft, flat hat, typically with a peak.

Usage examples:

A man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap

verb

Short for percussion cap.

noun

Short for capitalization.

Usage examples:

Mid-cap companies

noun

A series of linked metal rings used for fastening or securing something, or for pulling loads.

Usage examples:

He slid the bolts on the front door and put the safety chain across

verb

Fasten or secure with a chain.

Usage examples:

She chained her bicycle to the railings

noun

A length of metal rings that are connected together and used for fastening or supporting, and in machinery

Usage examples:

She looped the chain around her bike and locked it to the fence., mary wore a silver chain around h…

noun

A garland or circlet for a person's head.

Usage examples:

In the middle ages young women wore wreaths of gold and eventually gave way to chaplets.

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun

A thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

A seat cover

verb

To put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something

Usage examples:

Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot., she covered the child with a…

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it.

Usage examples:

The town was decorated with christmas lights

verb

To add something to an object or place, esp. to make it more attractive

Usage examples:

They decorated the table with flowers and candles., all four firefighters were decorated for bravery.

phrasal verb

Wrap for decorative purposes

noun

A woman's hairstyle in which the hair is arranged on top of the head, especially for a special occasion such as a wedding

verb

Arrange (cloth or clothing) loosely or casually on or round something.

Usage examples:

She draped a shawl around her shoulders

noun

Long curtains.

Usage examples:

Katherine pulled back the heavy velvet drapes

verb

The manner in which fabric hangs or falls

noun

A gathered strip or pleated border of a skirt or petticoat.

Usage examples:

Less juvenile cladding and other furbelows, better-integrated hood scoops, nicer stances and silhou…

verb

Adorn with trimmings.

Usage examples:

Trains of daughters, furbelowed and flounced by the same dressmakers

noun

A wreath of flowers and leaves, worn on the head or hung as a decoration.

Usage examples:

District chief officer, surapol tiensuwan was the first to light incense, after which everyone atte…

verb

Decorate with a garland.

Usage examples:

They were garlanded with flowers

noun

A circle made of flowers and leaves worn around the neck or head as a decoration

verb

Suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.

Usage examples:

That's where people are supposed to hang their washing

noun

A downward droop or bend.

Usage examples:

The bullish hang of his head

exclamation

Used to express a range of strong emotions from enthusiasm to anger.

Usage examples:

Hang, but i loved those soldiers!

noun

A polynesian garland of flowers.

Usage examples:

The candidates were delighted that the public came to cheer them on and present leis of flowers to …

noun

Plural form of leu.

noun

The basic monetary unit of romania, equal to 100 bani.

noun

A shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself.

Usage examples:

Make a loop in the twine

verb

Form (something) into a loop or loops; encircle.

Usage examples:

She looped her arms around his neck

noun

A circular shape made by something long and narrow in which the two ends cross each other, leaving an open space within

Usage examples:

A loop of thread from my sweater caught on a nail., the exit ramp makes a loop under the elevated h…

noun

A thing used or serving to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine.

Usage examples:

Tables covered with ornaments and books

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items.

Usage examples:

A jewel to ornament your wife's lovely throat

noun

An object that is decorative rather than useful

Usage examples:

They spent decades collecting these colorful, victorian-era ornaments., climbing plants ornamented …

noun

A curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve.

Usage examples:

In fact, to listen to her, you would think the flesh hung from her shoulders like swags from a curt…

verb

Arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric.

Usage examples:

Swag the fabric gracefully over the curtain tie-backs

noun

Stolen goods

Usage examples:

The cartoon showed a picture of a robber carrying a bag with "swag" written on it., the bag was ful…

noun

A broad strip or area of something.

Usage examples:

Vast swathes of countryside

verb

Wrap in several layers of fabric.

Usage examples:

His hands were swathed in bandages

noun

A piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped.

Usage examples:

They wrapped the body inside a canvas swathe

noun

A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.

Usage examples:

He had a loose thread on his shirt

verb

Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).

Usage examples:

I can't even thread a needle

verb

A fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weaving

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

Additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.

Usage examples:

A red blazer with gold trim

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance; in good order.

Usage examples:

His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim

noun

An arrangement of flowers, leaves, or stems fastened in a ring and used for decoration or for laying on a grave.

Usage examples:

The queen laid a wreath at the cenotaph

noun

A ring made of flowers and leaves or evergreens (= plants that are green all year)

Usage examples:

The bride wore a wreath of flowers on her head.

verb

Cover, surround, or encircle (something).

Usage examples:

He sits wreathed in smoke

verb

To cover or surround something

Usage examples:

The peak of the mountain is perpetually wreathed in cloud.