Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
Present; current.
Indicates a signal to begin.
The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
The present time.
A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
Used to indicate a context of urgency.
Sometimes; occasionally.
Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized).
At the present time.
Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
At the time reached within a narration.
Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
Apparently beautiful and costly but having little value; superficially attractive; gaudy, showy, tawdry.
A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.
Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable.
To ornament (fabric, etc.) by weaving into it thread of gold, silver, or some other shiny material.
To deck out (a place or something) with showy but cheap ornaments; to make gaudy.
To give (something) a false or superficial attractiveness.