Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ADORN

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Definitions of ADORN

1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
2. (obsolete) adornment
3. (obsolete) adorned; ornate

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Examples of Using ADORN in a Sentence

• The verb κοσμεῖν (κοσμεῖν) meant generally "to dispose, prepare", but especially "to order and arrange (troops for battle), to set (an army) in array"; also "to establish (a government or regime)", "to adorn, dress" (especially of women).
• He won numerous awards, held the esteem of George III, and examples of his works adorn St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London, Christ Church, Oxford, Pembroke College, Oxford, Bath Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.
• Various pictographs adorn many of Poway's boulders, and modern dating techniques suggest these paintings date to the 16th century and earlier.
• The Bayeux Tapestry, probably commissioned by him to adorn his own cathedral, appears to labour the point that he did not actually fight, that is to say shed blood, at Hastings, but rather encouraged the troops from the rear.
• 76 logos currently adorn the batter's on-deck circles and the logo is atop the two large scoreboards in right and left field.
• But he has also executed interesting arrangements on synthesizers, such as those that adorn the song "Amor Americano" from the album Alturas de Machu Picchu, from 1981 and the complete album Si Tú No Estás from 1989.
• The word is first recorded by the OED in a letter of 1748 by Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough to the fanatical gardener William Shenstone: "Nature has been so remarkably kind this last Autumn to adorn my Shrubbery with the flowers that usually blow at Whitsuntide".
• Other ancient cathedrals adorn the Mirozhsky Monastery (completed by 1152), famous for its 12th-century frescoes, St.
• The main distinguishing feature of Mitla is the intricate mosaic fretwork and geometric designs that profusely adorn the walls of both the Church and Columns groups.
• They adorn themselves with necklaces, bracelets and anklets, like other sub tribes of the Maasai community.
• Gilt-bronze moldings of plaques, statuettes, miniature busts and vases, even integral scrolling gilt-bronze candle stands, further adorn the surfaces of the desk.
• For celebrations, women traditionally apply mehndi to their hands and feet, however some people, such as cancer sufferers and alopecia ladies, may also decide to adorn their scalps.
• The initials JR adorn the center peak and the left and right sections are similar to the interior of a passenger railcar, with the giant mirrors set back about a foot with curved, hand-tooled leather-covered elements at the top and curved bezel mirror-encrusted sections on each side.
• The fountain in front of the monument is a bronze-cast replica of the finials that adorn the Wrigley Building.
• Also known locally as "Birdland" due to pigeons which once bred in the recessed balconies of the building and the large eagles which adorn the facade, but are now screened by chicken wire.
• Though the "Bay Pew" decor visitors see when they come to Old North today is not the original, the furnishing and fabric that adorn the pew demonstrate how some pew owners may have decorated their box pews.
• The word vrba means 'willow' in Serbo-Croatian, and a number of weeping willow trees adorn the river banks in Banja Luka.
• Four images of Christ adorn the face of the arches: Christ Emmanuel; Christ, The Ancient of Days; and the acheiropoietic (“made without hands”) Holy Mandylion and Holy Tile.
• The downy feathers are used in traditional ceremonies and dances where they adorn head and armbands.
• An excellent collection of high quality solid wooden furniture with exquisite workmanship adorn some of the spaces in this palatial mansion.

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