ausschmücken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- amplify verb To increase the strength, volume, or intensity of something, especially a sound or signal.
- beautify verb To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
- 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 adorn with prominent markings.
- embroider verb To decorate fabric with a needle and coloured 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
- verb To increase the strength, volume, or intensity of something, especially a sound or signal.
- verb To explain or develop an idea in greater detail.
beautify — full definition
- verb To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
- verb To become beautiful.
- verb To make oneself beautiful.
- verb Synonym of pretty-print.