What (who) is laurel - definition
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Laural; Laurel (disambiguation)
laurel
(laurels)
1.
A laurel or a laurel tree is a small evergreen tree with shiny leaves. The leaves are sometimes used to make decorations such as wreaths.
N-VAR
2.
If someone is resting on their laurels, they appear to be satisfied with the things they have achieved and have stopped putting effort into what they are doing.
The government can't rest on its laurels and must press ahead with major policy changes.
PHRASE: V inflects [disapproval]
laurel
¦ noun
1. an aromatic evergreen shrub or small tree with dark green glossy leaves. [Laurus and other genera, family Lauraceae.]
2. (laurels) a crown woven from the foliage of the bay tree and awarded as an emblem of victory or mark of honour in classical times.
honour or praise.
¦ verb (laurels, laurelling, laurelled; US laurels, laureling, laureled) adorn with or as if with a laurel.
Phrases
look to one's laurels be careful not to lose one's superior position to a rival.
rest on one's laurels be so satisfied with what one has already achieved that one makes no further effort.
Origin
ME lorer, from OFr. lorier, from Provencal laurier, from earlier laur, from L. laurus.
Laurel
·noun A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame;
- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
II. Laurel ·noun An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
III. Laurel ·noun An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils;
- called also sweet bay.
Pronunciation examples for laurel
1. Laurel.
Flavourpainting _ AngeÌlique Schmeinck _ Talks at Google
2. Laurel said.
The Grammarians - A Novel _ Cathleen Schine _ Talks at Google
3. Or Yani Laurel--
The Meta-Problem of Consciousness _ Professor David Chalmers _ Talks at Google
4. that Laurel moved out of.
At My Pace - Lessons From Our Mothers _ Jill Ebstein _ Talks at Google
5. Laurel becomes a mother.
The Grammarians - A Novel _ Cathleen Schine _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of laurel
1. While she was at Laurel Bank, Lily became severely malnourished.
2. Laurel Hill House garrison Armed forces minister Adam Ingram said the Laurel Hill House site was no longer needed in "the new peacetime garrison" in Northern Ireland.
3. Laurel Aitken, musician, was born on April 22, 1'27.
4. Wallace, then campaigning for president, at a Laurel shopping center.
5. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark and Ilan Ramon of Israel.