laurels

«laurels» in Mova's school dictionary: the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural only)

meaning for a pupil

1) Laurels are the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant. tree →

2) Laurels means honour and praise for a success (rest on one's laurels: be content with past success). tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories laurels are plants in a garden where people sit; in everyday talk to win laurels means to be praised

examples

• Plant these two laurels by the gate. tree →
• They sat under the laurels in the garden. tree →
• He won laurels for his singing. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «laurels» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.