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koristella — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adorn verb To decorate something to make it more attractive.
  • apparel noun Clothing, especially as a category of goods.
  • bedizen verb To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
  • curl noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
  • decorate verb To add ornaments or decorations to something, or to improve the appearance of a room or building.
  • dress verb To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
  • embellish verb To decorate something to make it more attractive.
  • emblazon verb To adorn with prominent markings.
  • garnish verb To decorate a dish of food with a small extra item, or more generally to decorate or embellish something.
  • lard noun Soft white fat from a pig, rendered down and used in cooking or baking.
  • ornament noun A decorative object or detail added to make something more attractive.
  • trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.

Senses

koristella is used for these senses in English:

  • apparel (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
  • bedizen (also, figurative) To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
  • curl To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
  • dress (agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.
  • embellish To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
  • emblazon (transitive) To adorn with prominent markings.
  • emboss To decorate (something) with bosses; to boss; hence, to decorate (something) richly.
  • garnish To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.

apparel — full definition

  1. noun Clothing, especially as a category of goods.
  2. verb To dress or clothe someone, often elaborately.

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