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festoon1 verbfestoon2 noun festoonfes‧toon1 /feˈstuːn/ verb [transitive usually passive]  VERB TABLEfestoon |
Present | I, you, we, they | festoon | | he, she, it | festoons | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | festooned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have festooned | | he, she, it | has festooned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had festooned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will festoon | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have festooned |
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Present | I | am festooning | | he, she, it | is festooning | | you, we, they | are festooning | Past | I, he, she, it | was festooning | | you, we, they | were festooning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been festooning | | he, she, it | has been festooning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been festooning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be festooning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been festooning |
- The Sons can otherwise festoon their cars with rebel flags.
- They felt free to festoon the machine with all sorts of loony filigrees.
decorated in a particular way► decorated · On the table was an ancient book with a decorated cover.decorated with · The little mirror was decorated with shells and beads.· She wore a wide-brimmed straw hat decorated with colored ribbons.richly/elaborately decorated · Sabina stood in the centre of an elaborately decorated living room. ► be decked out to be specially and colourfully decorated, especially for a celebration or party: be decked out with: · The whole street was decked out with flags and streamers to celebrate the wedding.be decked out for: · Behind the door was another table, all decked out for the party. ► adorn formal to decorate something in a beautiful or artistic way: · Rings and gems adorned the fingers of both her hands.adorn something with something: · The bridesmaids had adorned their heads with flowers.be adorned with something: · The walls of the church were richly adorned with carvings and pictures. ► be festooned with if a place is festooned with something, it has long chains of flowers, flags, or material hanging all around it, giving a bright and cheerful appearance: · On the day of the festival the streets were festooned with flags and banners. ► decor the particular way that a room or building is decorated, including all the colours, furniture, pictures etc: · It was a comfortable enough room, but I didn't like the decor very much.· The hotel's decor is dark and museum-like. to cover something with flowers, long pieces of material etc, especially for decorationbe festooned with/in something Malaga was festooned with banners and flags in honour of the king’s visit.GRAMMAR Festoon is usually passive.festoon1 verbfestoon2 noun festoonfestoon2 noun [countable] formal  festoon2Origin: 1600-1700 French feston, from Latin festum; ➔ FESTIVE - All the decorations were white and festoons of snowy lace-gushed from every appropriate appointment.
- Decorative effects Mains-voltage festoon lights are ideal for stringing decoratively through the branches of a tree.
- I was used to riding with my reins hanging in festoons.
- No footmarks disturbed the dust, cobwebs hung like festoons and a strange musty smell pervaded the atmosphere.
- Ruched or festoons could add style to the setting.
a long thin piece of material, flowers etc, used especially for decoration |