garland Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States singer and film actress (1922-1969)
    Judy Garland.
  2. noun a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
  3. noun an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
    florilegium; miscellany.
  4. noun flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
    coronal; lei; wreath; chaplet.
  5. verb adorn with bands of flowers or leaves
    • They garlanded the statue

WordNet

Gar"land noun
Etymology
OE. garland, gerlond, OF. garlande, F. guirlande; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. wiara, wiera, crown, pure gold, MHG. wieren to adorn.
Definitions
  1. The crown of a king. Obs. Graffon.
  2. A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. Pope.
  3. The top; the thing most prized. Shak.
  4. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
    They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands. Percy.
  5. (Naut.) (a) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in. (b) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
Gar"land transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Garlanded; present participle & verbal noun Garlanding
Definitions
  1. To deck with a garland. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913