laurel

lau·rel  (lôrl, lr-)

n.

1. A Mediterranean evergreen tree (Laurus nobilis) having aromatic, simple leaves and small blackish berries. Also called bay⁵, bay laurel, sweet bay.

2. A shrub or tree, such as the mountain laurel, having a similar aroma or leaf shape.

3.

a. A wreath of laurel conferred as a mark of honor in ancient times upon poets, heroes, and victors in athletic contests. Often used in the plural.

b. Honor and glory won for great achievement. Often used in the plural.

tr.v. lau·reled also lau·relled, lau·rel·ing also lau·rel·ling, lau·rels also lau·rels

1. To crown with laurel.

2. To honor, especially with an award or a prize.

Idiom:

rest on (one's) laurels

To rely on one's past achievements instead of working to maintain or advance one's status or reputation.

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[Middle English, from Old French laureole, from Latin laureola, diminutive of laurea, laurel tree; see laureate.]

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laurel

Noun

1. a small Mediterranean evergreen tree with glossy leaves

2. laurels a wreath of laurel, worn on the head as an emblem of victory or honour in classical times

3. laurels honour, distinction, or fame

4. rest on one's laurels to be satisfied with what one has already achieved and stop striving for further success

5. look to one's laurels to be on guard against one's rivals [Latin laurus]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	laurel - any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family family Lauraceae, Lauraceae, laurel family - a family of Lauraceae bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis, true laurel, bay - small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora - large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor Ceylon cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, cinnamon - tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon cassia-bark tree, Cinnamomum cassia, cassia - Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon Cinnamomum loureirii, Saigon cinnamon - tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark; yields a bark used medicinally laurel-tree, Persea borbonia, red bay - small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood sassafras, Sassafras albidum, sassafras tree - yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America California bay tree, California laurel, California olive, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, sassafras laurel, Umbellularia californica, spice tree, mountain laurel - Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
	2.	Laurel - United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965) Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Stan Laurel Laurel and Hardy - United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together
	3.	laurel - (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory bay wreath, laurel wreath chaplet, coronal, lei, wreath, garland - flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe

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laurel

noun rest on your laurels sit back, relax, take it easy, relax your efforts

Translations

laurel [ˈlɔrl] n → laurel m;

to rest on one's laurels → dormirse en or sobre los laureles

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laurel [ˈlɔrl] n → laurier m;

to rest on one's laurels → se reposer sur ses lauriers

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laurel [ˈlɔrl] n (tree) → Lorbeer(baum) m;

to rest on one's laurels → sich auf seinen Lorbeeren ausruhen

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laurel [ˈlɔrl] n → lauro, alloro;

to rest on one's laurels → riposare or dormire sugli allori