embellish
/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/
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American sound/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/
ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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ɪm - ˈbɛlɪʃ -> embellish
Myanmar meaning
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embellish /Çm'belÇʃ/ v ~ sth (with sth)
၁။ တန်ဆာဆင်သည်။ မွမ်းမံသည်။
a dress embellished with lace and ribbons.
၂။ (ပုံပြင်၊ မိန့်ခွန်း စသည်ကို) စိတ်ဝင်စားအောင် တန်ဆာဆင်သည်၊ ကွန့်သည်၊ ညွန့်သည်။
He admits that he embellished the account of events originally given to him.
embellishment n [U, C]: the embellishment of a book/a building/a speech ❍ a 16th-century church with 18th-century embellishments.
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decorate, adorn, embroider, beautify, make fancy, make elegant, emboss, add bells and whistles, aggrandize, amplify, array, bedeck, color, deck, dress up, elaborate, emblaze, enhance, enlarge, enrich, exaggerate, festoon, fix up, fudge, garnish, gild, give details, grace, gussy up, magnify, ornament, overdo, overstate, spiff up, spruce up, trim
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