Bedeck
verb
verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To deck, ornament, or adorn transitive
"She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls."
- 2 decorate wordnet
- 3 to grace. transitive
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls."
Etymology
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.