engarland
Definition
Verb (transitive): - To adorn or encircle with a garland: "engarland" means to decorate or surround someone or something with a wreath or chain of flowers, leaves, or other materials, typically as a sign of honor, celebration, or beauty.
Usage Examples
- (They placed a garland around the statue as a religious offering.)
- (She was decorated with a flower wreath as a gesture of praise.)
- (His head was encircled with a symbolic wreath.)
Advanced Usage
"to engarland with": to use a specific material or object to form the garland.
- They engarlanded the bride's hair with jasmine blossoms. (They wove jasmine flowers into a wreath for her hair.)
Metaphorical use: to adorn or honor in a non-literal sense.
- The author's works are engarlanded with critical acclaim. (His writings are surrounded or decorated with praise, as if with garlands.)
Variants and Related Words
- Garland (noun): a wreath or chain of flowers, leaves, or other materials.
- She wore a garland of daisies around her neck. (A decorative ring of flowers.)
- Garland (verb): to decorate with a garland.
- They garlanded the hall for the festival. (They adorned it with flower wreaths.)
- Engarlanded (adjective): decorated or adorned with a garland.
- The engarlanded procession moved through the streets. (The procession was decorated with garlands.)
Synonyms
- Wreathe: to form into a wreath or encircle with a wreath.
- They wreathed the pillar with ivy. (They wrapped it with a circular decoration.)
- Crown: to place a crown or wreath on the head.
- The champion was crowned with laurels. (He was honored with a wreath.)
- Adorn: to decorate or beautify.
- The altar was adorned with flowers. (It was decorated.)
Related Idioms
- "to engarland one's head with glory": (rare, poetic) to achieve great honor or fame.
- The general engarlanded his head with glory after the victory. (He earned lasting renown.)
Phrasal Verbs