Garlands - English meaning

verb

Make more beautiful or attractive.

Usage examples:

Pictures and prints adorned his walls

noun

An impressive display or range of a particular type of thing.

Usage examples:

There is a vast array of literature on the topic

verb

Display or arrange (things) in a particular way.

Usage examples:

The manifesto immediately divided the forces arrayed against him

noun

A large group of things or people, esp. when shown or positioned in an attractive way

Usage examples:

The airport shops offer a wide array of merchandise., a battery of cameras was arrayed before them.

verb

Decorate.

Usage examples:

He led us into a room bedecked with tinsel

verb

Dress up or decorate gaudily.

Usage examples:

A uniform bedizened with resplendent medals

verb

Cover or adorn with something that glitters or sparkles.

Usage examples:

A small cell all bejewelled and bespangled with flashy ornamentation

noun

An ornamental covering spread over a horse's saddle or harness.

Usage examples:

Additional corroboration of the french style of the embroidery - both on the king's bed and on the …

verb

(of a horse) be decked out in rich decorative coverings.

Usage examples:

His horse was caparisoned with coloured ribbons

noun

A series of linked metal rings used for fastening or securing something, or for pulling loads.

Usage examples:

He slid the bolts on the front door and put the safety chain across

verb

Fasten or secure with a chain.

Usage examples:

She chained her bicycle to the railings

noun

A length of metal rings that are connected together and used for fastening or supporting, and in machinery

Usage examples:

She looped the chain around her bike and locked it to the fence., mary wore a silver chain around h…

noun

A garland or circlet for a person's head.

Usage examples:

In the middle ages young women wore wreaths of gold and eventually gave way to chaplets.

noun

A round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre).

Usage examples:

Draw a circle with a compass

verb

Move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.

Usage examples:

They were circling athens airport

adjective

Relating to the corona of the sun or another star.

Usage examples:

Coronal holes are a source of geomagnetic activity

noun

A coronal consonant.

noun

A garland or wreath for the head.

Usage examples:

Her eyes sparkled beneath a coronal of flowers

noun

A small or relatively simple crown, especially as worn by lesser royalty and peers or peeresses.

Usage examples:

Thus equipped, she was crowned, with all the trumpets sounding; and, though our account does not me…

noun

A small crown (= circular decoration for the head)

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun

A thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

A seat cover

verb

To put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something

Usage examples:

Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot., she covered the child with a…

noun

A circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels.

Usage examples:

Room after room of the armoury reveals incredible riches, including the imperial crown, mace and sc…

verb

Ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch.

Usage examples:

He went to rome to be crowned

noun

A circular decoration for the head, usually made of gold and jewels, worn by a king or queen at official ceremonies

Usage examples:

They won six nba crowns in seven years., her hair stuck straight up from her crown., a gold crown, …

noun

A floor of a ship, especially the upper, open level extending for the full length of the vessel.

Usage examples:

He stood on the deck of his flagship

verb

Decorate or adorn brightly or festively.

Usage examples:

Ingrid was decked out in her sunday best

verb

Any of various platforms built into a sailing vessel

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it.

Usage examples:

The town was decorated with christmas lights

verb

To add something to an object or place, esp. to make it more attractive

Usage examples:

They decorated the table with flowers and candles., all four firefighters were decorated for bravery.

phrasal verb

Wrap for decorative purposes

noun

A woman's hairstyle in which the hair is arranged on top of the head, especially for a special occasion such as a wedding

verb

Arrange (cloth or clothing) loosely or casually on or round something.

Usage examples:

She draped a shawl around her shoulders

noun

Long curtains.

Usage examples:

Katherine pulled back the heavy velvet drapes

verb

The manner in which fabric hangs or falls

verb

Put on one's clothes.

Usage examples:

Graham showered and dressed quickly

noun

A one-piece garment worn by women and girls that covers the body and extends down over the legs.

Usage examples:

A white cotton dress

verb

Put on clothes

verb

Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.

Usage examples:

Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery

noun

A chain or garland of flowers, leaves, or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decoration.

Usage examples:

Houses are decorated with colourful festoons, stars and cut-outs depicting the lord jesus' life and…

verb

Adorn (a place) with chains, garlands, or other decorations.

Usage examples:

The staffroom was festooned with balloons and streamers

verb

To decorate a place or thing with strips of cloth or chains of paper, lights, flowers, etc.

Usage examples:

A straw hat festooned with paper flowers

noun

A fleshy boneless piece of meat from near the loins or the ribs of an animal.

Usage examples:

A chicken breast fillet

verb

Remove the bones from (a fish).

Usage examples:

Ask your fishmonger to fillet it and remove the small bones.

noun

A piece of meat or fish without bones

Usage examples:

The customer wanted her fish filleted.

noun

A gathered strip or pleated border of a skirt or petticoat.

Usage examples:

Less juvenile cladding and other furbelows, better-integrated hood scoops, nicer stances and silhou…

verb

Adorn with trimmings.

Usage examples:

Trains of daughters, furbelowed and flounced by the same dressmakers

verb

Suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.

Usage examples:

That's where people are supposed to hang their washing

noun

A downward droop or bend.

Usage examples:

The bullish hang of his head

exclamation

Used to express a range of strong emotions from enthusiasm to anger.

Usage examples:

Hang, but i loved those soldiers!

noun

A band of fabric worn around the head as a decoration or to keep the hair or perspiration off the face.

Usage examples:

Soak hair-care items like combs, barrettes, hair ties or bands, headbands, and brushes in rubbing a…

noun

A polynesian garland of flowers.

Usage examples:

The candidates were delighted that the public came to cheer them on and present leis of flowers to …

noun

Plural form of leu.

noun

The basic monetary unit of romania, equal to 100 bani.

noun

A shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself.

Usage examples:

Make a loop in the twine

verb

Form (something) into a loop or loops; encircle.

Usage examples:

She looped her arms around his neck

noun

A circular shape made by something long and narrow in which the two ends cross each other, leaving an open space within

Usage examples:

A loop of thread from my sweater caught on a nail., the exit ramp makes a loop under the elevated h…

noun

A thing used or serving to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine.

Usage examples:

Tables covered with ornaments and books

verb

Make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items.

Usage examples:

A jewel to ornament your wife's lovely throat

noun

An object that is decorative rather than useful

Usage examples:

They spent decades collecting these colorful, victorian-era ornaments., climbing plants ornamented …

noun

A small circular band, typically of precious metal and often set with one or more gemstones, worn on a finger as an ornament or a token of marriage, engagement, or authority.

Usage examples:

A diamond ring

verb

Surround (someone or something), especially for protection or containment.

Usage examples:

The courthouse was ringed with police

noun

An act of ringing a bell, or the resonant sound caused by this.

Usage examples:

There was a ring at the door

noun

A curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve.

Usage examples:

In fact, to listen to her, you would think the flesh hung from her shoulders like swags from a curt…

verb

Arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric.

Usage examples:

Swag the fabric gracefully over the curtain tie-backs

noun

Stolen goods

Usage examples:

The cartoon showed a picture of a robber carrying a bag with "swag" written on it., the bag was ful…

noun

A broad strip or area of something.

Usage examples:

Vast swathes of countryside

verb

Wrap in several layers of fabric.

Usage examples:

His hands were swathed in bandages

noun

A piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped.

Usage examples:

They wrapped the body inside a canvas swathe

noun

A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.

Usage examples:

He had a loose thread on his shirt

verb

Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).

Usage examples:

I can't even thread a needle

verb

A fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weaving

verb

Make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

Usage examples:

Trim the grass using a sharp mower

noun

Additional decoration, typically along the edges of something and in contrasting colour or material.

Usage examples:

A red blazer with gold trim

adjective

Neat and smart in appearance; in good order.

Usage examples:

His face was freshly shaved, his clothes neat and trim

noun

An arrangement of flowers, leaves, or stems fastened in a ring and used for decoration or for laying on a grave.

Usage examples:

The queen laid a wreath at the cenotaph

noun

A ring made of flowers and leaves or evergreens (= plants that are green all year)

Usage examples:

The bride wore a wreath of flowers on her head.

verb

Cover, surround, or encircle (something).

Usage examples:

He sits wreathed in smoke

verb

To cover or surround something

Usage examples:

The peak of the mountain is perpetually wreathed in cloud.