Tinsel: alternatives and connections

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.

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To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

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To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) f…

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To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

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To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warm…

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To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

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To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.

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That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

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A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

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To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

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Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

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Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap.

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Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap.

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