laurel

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

laurels

1.
(countable, uncountable)An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A crown of laurel.
3.
(countable, figuratively, in plural, uncountable)(figuratively, chiefly in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.
to win laurels
to crown with laurels
4.
(countable, uncountable)(botany) Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
5.
(countable, uncountable)(botany) Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
6.
(countable, historical, uncountable)An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.

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verb

V_es/s

laurels

V_ing/Gerund

laureling

V_ed/pp

laurellinglaureled

1.
(transitive)To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
2.
(transitive)To enwreathe.
3.
(informal, transitive)To award top honours to.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

LaurenceLaura laureateLaurettalauraceousLaurenlauriferouslaurustinuslaurestineLaurel and Hardy

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English laurer, laurel, from lorer, from Old French lorier, from *laurārius, from Latin laurus (laurel). loureiro.