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# laurels

noun (plural only)

«laurels» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Laurels are the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurels/#m1)
2. Laurels means honour and praise for a success (rest on one's laurels: be content with past success). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurels/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurels/#x1)
- They sat under the laurels in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurels/#x2)
- He won laurels for his singing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurels/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «laurels» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laurels/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«laurels» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/laurels.html) on Mova free.