English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates] embellish [VT] ประดับ, See also: ตกแต่ง, Syn. adorn, decorate, ornament

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary embellish (vt) ทำให้งาม,ประดับ,แต่งเติม,เสริมแต่ง,ตกแต่ง

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) embellish (v) (i1 m b e1 l i sh)

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary EMBELLISH EH0 M B EH1 L IH0 SH

Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embellish \Em*bel"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embellished}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Embellishing}.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F.
     embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See
     {Beauty}.]
     To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to
     adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with
     shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or
     style with metaphors.
  
     Syn: To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish;
          enrich; ornament; illustrate. See {Adorn}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  embellish
      v 1: add details to [syn: {embroider}, {pad}, {lard},
           {aggrandize}, {aggrandise}, {blow up}, {dramatize},
           {dramatise}]
      2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables
         everywhere" [syn: {deck}, {adorn}, {decorate}, {grace},
         {beautify}]
      3: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
         "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for
         the special day" [syn: {decorate}, {adorn}, {grace},
         {ornament}, {beautify}]
      4: make more beautiful [syn: {beautify}, {prettify}] [ant:
         {uglify}]

From English-French Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-fra]:

  embellish [imbeliʃ]
     embellir; rendre plus beau
  

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