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Definition: DECORATING |
DECORATINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Decorate |
Date "DECORATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references) |
Crosswords: DECORATING |
| English words defined with "DECORATING": adornment, astragal ♦ Barbotine, bead, beading, beadwork ♦ ceramics ♦ decoration, decoupage, dragee ♦ figuration ♦ hatch ♦ Macrame lace ♦ Niello ♦ Pampre, paperer, paperhanger, Pinking ♦ slip ♦ toecap. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DECORATING": BAKERY WORKER, CONVEYOR LINE ♦ CHERRY CUTTER, curtain pole, curtain rod ♦ Decorate, DECORATING INSPECTOR, DECORATING-EQUIPMENT SETTER, decorator, hand, DECORATOR, LIGHTING FIXTURES, DIELECTRIC-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ enamel cracker, enamel pulverizer ♦ INSTRUCTOR, DECORATING ♦ lamp decorator ♦ PASTRY CHEF ♦ Ribbon ♦ sales representative, shop display, SUPERINTENDENT, SALES, SUPERVISOR II, SUPERVISOR, DECORATING ♦ window display, WIRE-FRAME DIPPER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "DECORATING": Decorate. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ugly Naked Guy is decorating his Christmas tree (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Theater & Movies | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Volunteers decorating for holiday Open House at the NHOTIC. Credit: BLM Staff. |  | U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 57, Paris, France. : Ceremonies decorating officers, enlisted men and nurses. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Cats decorating Christmas tree. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Woman decorating family burial vaults in cemetery at New Roads, Louisiana on All Saints' Day. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lawning dry color to be used in decorating medical department chinaware. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Women decorating float. National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Decorating float. National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Detail of bottle caps decorating abandoned theater. Quemado, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Scenes in Arlington Cemetery. Decorating the graves of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the World war. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Boy Scouts who are decorating the graves at Arlington National Cemetery, at the grave of the Unknown Soldier. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Christmas lights" by Eric Schlange Commentary: "A picture of my house, just after we finished decorating." | "Small tree" by Warisara N. Commentary: "A donated bonsai tree for decorating Phutamontol area, Thailand." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Decorating power tools include steam wallpaper strippers, and powered paint rollers. (references) | |
In the hand tool market, Stanley Europe is the U.K. sales leader in both DIY hand and decorating tools. (references) | ||
These programs are encouraging householders to undertake more challenging decorating and DIY jobs that need more sophisticated tools. (references) | ||
Economic History | Taiwan | Concessionaires are responsible for decorating and staffing their sales areas. (references) |
Panama | A growing demand exists for after-construction building products used for improving, decorating or modifying existing buildings. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Martha Stewart | Well, it comes from my love of nature, and it comes from my love of gardening, and of decorating. And I'm always trying to think of ideas that will be unusual, will be beautiful. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "DECORATING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 85.31% of the time. "DECORATING" is used about 211 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 85.31% | 180 | 23,046 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.06% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.27% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.9% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 0.47% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 211 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "DECORATING": re-decorating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "DECORATING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ujdisje (dressing up, fitness, jib, regulation). (various references) | |
Chinese | 装饰 (Adorn, Adorned, Adorning, Decking, decor, Decorate, Decorated, Decoration, Decorative, decoratively, Drape, Draped, Emblazon, Emblazoned, Emblazoning, Emboss, Embossed, Embossing, fringed, Fringing, Garnish, garnished, Garnishing, latticed, Latticing, ornamental, ornamentally, Ornamented, Ornamenting). (various references) | |
Danish | disse udskillelser letter aetsningen af slibet ved at dekorere dislokationsvaeggene (these precipitates facilitate micrographic etching by decorating the dislocation walls), dekorationsgaffel (decorating fork, trimming fork), ovn til dekorationsbrænding (decorating kiln), indbraendingsroer (decorating lehr), indbraendingsovn (decorating kiln, oven), bliktrykpresse (metal decorating press). (various references) | |
Dutch | deze uitscheidingen maken het eenvoudiger om een metallografisch preparaat te etsen doordat zij de dislocatiegrenzen als het ware decoreren (these precipitates facilitate micrographic etching by decorating the dislocation walls), decoratieafdeling,emailleerafdeling (decorating shop, enamelling department), oven voor decorbrand (decorating kiln), inbrandoven (decorating lehr), inbrand-moffeloven (decorating kiln), garneervork (decorating fork, trimming fork), blikdrukmachine (metal decorating press). (various references) | |
Finnish | värinpolttouuni (decorating kiln), metallikoristepainokone (metal decorating press), koristepolttouuni (decorating kiln), koristeosasto (decorating shop, enamelling department), koristeluosasto (decorating shop, enamelling department), jatkuvatoiminen värinpolttouuni (decorating lehr). (various references) | |
French | décorant. (various references) | |
German | schmückend (blazoning, emblazoning, gracing, ornamental, spangling), ausschmückend. (various references) | |
Greek | Tμήμα διακόσμησης / καλλιτεχνικό (decorating shop, enamelling department), καμίνι διακοσμητικού ψησίματος (decorating kiln), γαλαρία διακόσμησης (decorating lehr), μηχανή εκτύπωσης μετάλλου (metal decorating press), πιρούνι για την διακόσμηση (decorating fork, trimming fork), πιρούνι για το γαρνίρισμα (decorating fork, trimming fork), πιεστήριο εκτύπωσης μετάλλου (metal decorating press), φουρνάκι διακόσμησης (decorating kiln), τα κατακρημνίσματα αυτά διευκολύνουν την μικρογραφική προσβολή "διακοσμώντας" τις παρειές των εξαρμόσεων (these precipitates facilitate micrographic etching by decorating the dislocation walls). (various references) | |
Italian | reparto decorazione (decorating shop, enamelling department), Questi precipitati "decorando" le pareti delle dislocazioni facilitano l'attacco del campione metallografico (these precipitates facilitate micrographic etching by decorating the dislocation walls), muffola (mitten), macchina stampatrice per fogli di metallo (metal decorating press), forno di cottura del decorato (decorating kiln), forno continuo per decorazione (decorating lehr), forno a muffola (decorating kiln), forchetta per decorare (decorating fork, trimming fork). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 室内装飾 (interior decorating). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しつないそうしょく (interior decorating). (various references) | |
Korean | 꾸밈. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ecoratingday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | oficina de decoração (decorating shop, enamelling department), mufla (decorating kiln, muffle), máquina para gravação em metais (metal decorating press), forno de depuração (decorating kiln), forno de decoração (decorating kiln), arca de decoração (decorating lehr). (various references) | |
Russian | украшать (adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, embellish, garnish, gild, ornament, prettify, set off). (various references) | |
Spanish | tenedor para decorar (decorating fork, trimming fork), taller de decoración (decorating shop, enamelling department), mufla para decorar (decorating kiln), máquina metalográfica (metal decorating press), horno túnel para decorar (decorating lehr), horno de coccion de decoracion (decorating kiln), estos precipitados facilitan el ataque micrográfico decorando las paredes de dislocación (these precipitates facilitate micrographic etching by decorating the dislocation walls), archa para decorar (decorating kiln). (various references) | |
Swedish | inbränningsmuffel (decorating kiln), brännugn (kiln), blecktryckmaskin (metal decorating press), avdelning för dekorering (decorating shop, enamelling department). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "DECORATING": overdecorating, redecorating. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DECORATING" (pronounced de"kerā'ting) |
| 8 | d e" k er ā' t i ng | redecorating. |
| 5 | -er ā' t i ng | accelerating, collaborating, commemorating, cooperating, corroborating, decelerating, degenerating, deliberating, deteriorating, elaborating, evaporating, exaggerating, exasperating, exhilarating, exonerating, generating, inaugurating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, invigorating, liberating, moderating, nonoperating, obliterating, operating, proliferating, recuperating, regenerating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, reverberating, saturating, separating, tolerating. |
| 4 | -ā' t i ng | anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, accentuating, accommodating, abbreviating, abdicating, accumulating, activating, adjudicating, administrating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alienating, alleviating, allocating, alternating, articulating, assassinating, assimilating, associating, authenticating, automating, calculating, captivating, castigating, castrating, celebrating, chlorinating, circulating, coagulating, communicating, compensating, complicating, concentrating, confiscating, congratulating, consolidating, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, coordinating, culminating, cultivating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decimating, dedicating, delegating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, designating, detonating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, discriminating, disintegrating, disseminating, dissipating, domesticating, dominating, donating, duplicating, educating, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emulating, encapsulating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, exacerbating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, extenuating, exterminating, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fluctuating, formulating, frustrating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impersonating, implicating, incapacitating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, insulating, integrating, interrogating, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, irritating, isolating, laminating, legislating, levitating, liquidating, litigating, locating, lubricating, mandating, manipulating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, mitigating, motivating, mutilating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nominating, obviating, officiating, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, percolating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, populating, precipitating, predominating, procrastinating, prognosticating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, recalculating, reciprocating, recreating, reevaluating, regulating, rehabilitating, rejuvenating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resonating, resuscitating, retaliating, rotating, salivating, segregating, simulating, speculating, stagnating, stimulating, stipulating, subordinating, suffocating, syndicating, tabulating, terminating, titillating, underestimating, understating, undulating, urinating, vacillating, validating, ventilating. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, appointing, abutting, accenting, accepting, abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-g-i-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: redacting, redaction. | |
-2 letters: anoretic, argentic, arointed, cartoned, catenoid, catering, centroid, ceratoid, creating, creation, derating, dicentra, doctrine, dragonet, gerontic, gradient, ordinate, organdie, rationed, reacting, reaction, recoding, redating, tornadic, treading. | |
-3 letters: aconite, acrogen, adoring, anergic, aneroid, antired, argotic, cairned, cantdog, carding, carotid, carotin, carting, ceratin, certain, cigaret, coagent, coating, codeina, cognate, coigned, coinage, cointer, congaed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-g-i-n-o-r-t" | |
+2 letters: androgenetic, edulcorating, redecorating, undercoating. | |
+3 letters: confederating, decarbonating, decorticating, democratizing, hydromagnetic, overeducating, undercoatings. | |
+4 letters: countermanding, counterraiding, countershading, dechlorinating, deconsecrating, discouragement, overdecorating, overmedicating, prognosticated, rebroadcasting, serodiagnostic. | |
+5 letters: countershadings, decarboxylating, deconcentrating, discouragements, laryngectomized, reconsolidating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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