- 1[uncountable, countable] a bush with dark, smooth, shiny leaves that remain on the bush and stay green through the year a laurel hedge
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- 2laurels [plural] honor and praise given to someone because of something that they have achieved She won laurels for her first novel. Idioms
to feel so satisfied with what you have already achieved that you do not try to do any more
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