bedeck

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UK/bɪˈdɛk/

verb

To deck, ornament, or adorn

“She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls.”

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deckbedight
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Meanings

verbbedeck (third-person singular simple present bedecks, present participle bedecking, simple past and past participle bedecked)

present singular third person bedecks · participle present bedecking · participle past bedecked · past bedecked

  1. transitiveTo deck, ornament, or adorn

    She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls.

  2. transitiveto grace.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdecorate

Similar
deckbedight
Broader
decorateadorngrace
Also see
adoreadornbedightbetrimcommenddeckdeck outdecoratedignifydubenrichhangmangonizeornament

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From be- + deck. Compare West Frisian bedekke (“to cover”), Dutch bedekken (“to cover, coat, overlay”), German bedecken (“to cover, top, overlay”), Swedish betäcka (“to cover, shelter”). Doublet of bethatch.

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Translations

Bulgarian окичвам, украсявам
  • окичвам (okičvam)deck, ornament, adorn
  • украсявам (ukrasjavam)deck, ornament, adorn
Finnish koristaa
  • koristaadeck, ornament, adorn
German schmücken, verzieren
  • schmückendeck, ornament, adorn
  • verzierendeck, ornament, adorn
Italian decorare, ornare
  • decoraredeck, ornament, adorn
  • ornaredeck, ornament, adorn
Māori whakapīwari
  • whakapīwarideck, ornament, adorn
Polish zdobić, ozdabiać
  • zdobićdeck, ornament, adorn
  • ozdabiaćdeck, ornament, adorn
  • ozdobićdeck, ornament, adorn
  • krasićdeck, ornament, adorn
  • okraszaćdeck, ornament, adorn
  • okrasićdeck, ornament, adorn
  • stroićdeck, ornament, adorn
  • wystrajaćdeck, ornament, adorn
  • wystroićdeck, ornament, adorn
Russian украшать
  • украшать (ukrašatʹ)deck, ornament, adorn

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bedeck

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Cite this entry
APA

bedeck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedeck

MLA

“bedeck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedeck. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedeck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedeck.

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