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# embellish

verb (embellish, embellishes, embellished, embellishing)

«embellish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make something more beautiful by adding decorations. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «embellish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embellish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«embellish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/embellish.html) on Mova free.