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# embellish

«embellish» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make something more beautiful by adding decorations** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (embellish, embellishes, embellished, embellishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make something more beautiful by adding decorations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/#m1)

2) To add extra details to a story to make it more exciting, often ones that are not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In art and D&T, you embellish a card or bag with sequins and ribbons; in English and storytelling, you can embellish a story with details, but in real reports adding untrue details is dishonest; phrases: «embellish the truth», «embellished with gold».

### examples

- We embellished our cards with glitter and stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/#x1)
- The queen's dress was embellished with pearls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/#x2)
- Grandpa likes to embellish his fishing stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/#x3)
- Don't embellish the facts in a news report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/#x4)
- She embellished her poem with lovely describing words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/#x5)
- The book cover was embellished with gold letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: embellishes, embellished. Noun: embellishment. When telling the truth matters, embellishing is close to lying.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «embellish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.