ausschmücken — meaning in English

English meaning

• amplify verb To increase the strength, volume, or intensity of something, especially a sound or signal.
• beautify verb To make something more attractive or better-looking.
• decorate verb To add ornaments or decorations to something, or to improve the appearance of a room or building.
• embellish verb To decorate something to make it more attractive.
• emblazon verb To decorate something with bold, easily seen markings.
• embroider verb To decorate fabric with a needle and colored thread in a pattern or design.

Senses

ausschmücken is used for these senses in English:

• amplify (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
• beautify (transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
• decorate (ambitransitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
• embellish To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
• emblazon (transitive) To adorn with prominent markings.
• embroider (figuratively) To add imaginary detail to a narrative to make it more interesting or acceptable.
• flesh out (idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.

amplify — full definition

1. verb To increase the strength, volume, or intensity of something, especially a sound or signal.
2. verb To explain or develop an idea in greater detail.

beautify — full definition

1. verb To make something more attractive or better-looking.
2. verb To grow more attractive or better-looking.
3. verb To make yourself look more attractive.
4. verb Another word for pretty-print.

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