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Main Entry:
renovate [ren-uh-veyt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fix up, modernize
Synonyms: clean, cleanse, do up, do*, face-lift, gussy up, make over, overhaul, reactivate, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, refit, reform, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, rekindle, remake, remodel, renew, repair, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, retread, retrieve, revamp, revitalize, revive, revivify, spruce, spruce up, update
Notes: refurbish means to 'clean up again,' refurnish means 'to provide with new furnishings,' redecorate means 'to add new decoration(s),' and renovate means 'renew or restore to as as-new condition'
Antonyms: demolish, destroy, ruin
Main Entry: straighten
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put in neat or aligned order
Synonyms: align, arrange, compose, correct, even, level, make plumb, make straight, neaten, order, put in order, put perpendicular, put straight, put to rights, put upright, put vertical, rectify, set to rights, smarten up, spruce up, tidy, unbend, uncoil, uncurl, unfold, unravel, unsnarl, untwist
Antonyms: bend, curve, move, twist
Main Entry: tidy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make neat and orderly
Synonyms: clean, clear the decks, fix up, frame*, get act together, groom, neaten, order, police, pull together, put in good shape, put in order, put in shape, put to rights, shape up, spruce, spruce up, straighten, straighten up, tauten, whip into shape
Antonyms: dirty, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, jumble, litter
Main Entry: trim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decorate
Synonyms: adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, beribbon, deck, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, garnish, ornament, prank, pretty up, prink, spangle, spruce up
Main Entry: clear the decks
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get ready for action
Synonyms: clear away, clear out, flush out, groom, make a clean sweep, spruce up
Main Entry: methodize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrange in order
Synonyms: align, array, class, classify, clear the decks, dispose, file, fix up, form, group, line up, order, organize, police, police up, position, put in good shape, put in order, put to rights, range, rank, regulate, sort, spruce, spruce up, systematize, systemize, tidy, whip into shape
Main Entry: trig
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tidy
Synonyms: clean, clear the decks, fix up, frame*, freshen, get act together, groom, neaten, order, police, pull together, put in good shape, put in order, put in shape, put to rights, shape up, slick up, spruce, spruce up, straighten, straighten up, tauten, trim, whip into shape
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Ornament.
Category: 2. Discriminative Affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art; ornature, ornateness; adornment, decoration, embellishment; architecture., garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, gilding, japanning, lacquer, ormolu, enamel, cosmetics., pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting; detail; texture; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster (projection); bead, beading; champleve ware, cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling., embroidery; brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or., wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, "daisies pied and biolets blue" [L.L.L.], tassel, knot; shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog; star, rosette, bow; feather, plume, panache, aigrette., jewel, jewelry, jewellery; bijoutry; bijou, bijouterie; trinket; locket, necklace, bracelet, anklet; earring; locket, carcanet; chain, chatelaine; broach, torque., gem, precious stone; diamond, brilliant, beryl, emerald, chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol, girasole; onyx, plasma; sard, sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois, turquoise; zircon, jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone., pearl, coral., finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant, pinchbeck, paste; excess of ornament (vulgarity); gaud, pride., illustration, illumination, vignette., fleuron; head piece, tail piece; cul-de-lampe; flowers of rhetoric; work of art.
-verbs
ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize., smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain., garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank; trick out, fig out; deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array; begawd, titivate; dress, dress up; spangle, bespangle, powder; embroider, work; chase, emboss, fret, emblazon; illuminate; illustrate., become (accord with).
-adjectives
ornamented, beautified; ornate, rich, gilt, begilt, tesselated, festooned; champleve, cloisonne, topiary., smart, gay, trickly, flowery, glittering; new gilt, new spangled; fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence, fine as a carrot fresh scraped; pranked out, bedlight, well-groomed., in full dress (fashion); dressed to advantage; in Sunday best, en grand tenue, en grande toilette; in best bib and tucker, endimanche., showy, flashy; gaudy (vulgar); garish, gairish; gorgeous., ornamental, decorative; becoming (accordant).
Antonyms: simplicity; blemish
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