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BEJEWEL (bejewelled, bejewelling)

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Irregular inflected forms: bejewelled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, bejewelling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bejewel mean? 

BEJEWEL (verb)
  The verb BEJEWEL has 1 sense:

1. adorn or decorate with precious stonesplay

  Familiarity information: BEJEWEL used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEJEWEL (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Adorn or decorate with precious stones

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bejewel; jewel

Context example:

jeweled dresses

Hypernyms (to "bejewel" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody


 Context examples 


“I know that he is there because I have just passed him in there,” answered the stranger, rubbing his bejewelled hands together in placid satisfaction.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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