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garland1 noungarland2 verb garlandgar‧land1 /ˈɡɑːlənd $ ˈɡɑːr-/ noun [countable] garland1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French garlande - At Barwick the new garlands are taken round the surrounding villages and a collection made before they are attached to the maypole.
- Both men wore garlands of wild jasmine, sold to them by child hawkers who worked the front of the Continental.
- Each garland has a steel framework which is wrapped with silk stockings before being lined, inside and out, with hessian.
- He could faintly smell her sweat, and also the lavender of the garland she wore in her hair.
- She was wearing a sarong and several garlands of flowers.
- The streets were adorned with garlands of flowers, and the balconies were covered with beautiful flags.
- Then the group of assembled pupils began to sing, as they waved their flags and garlands in the air.
- These usually consist of large, naturalistic floral garlands or medallions set against an open or sparsely decorated field.
a ring of flowers or leaves, worn on your head or around your neck for decoration or for a special ceremony → wreathgarland of garlands of flowersgarland1 noungarland2 verb garlandgarland2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEgarland |
Present | I, you, we, they | garland | | he, she, it | garlands | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | garlanded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have garlanded | | he, she, it | has garlanded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had garlanded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will garland | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have garlanded |
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Present | I | am garlanding | | he, she, it | is garlanding | | you, we, they | are garlanding | Past | I, he, she, it | was garlanding | | you, we, they | were garlanding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been garlanding | | he, she, it | has been garlanding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been garlanding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be garlanding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been garlanding |
literary to decorate someone or something, especially with flowers SYN festoonbe garlanded with something The tree was garlanded with strings of coloured lights.GRAMMAR Garland is usually passive. |