Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wreath of flowers or other objects such as shells, nuts, and feathers, worn especially around the neck.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any ornamental dress for the head or neck, especially a necklace or a wreath of leaves and flowers.
- noun For scientific words so beginning, see
li- , lio-.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
garland of flowers inHawaii . - noun Plural form of
leu .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Grooms mostly earn a maile lei, which is surely masculine and drapes loosely around the neck.
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This definitely isn't "media," and it's probably not "culture," although the little pooch does seem to be wearing a lei, which is, er, kind of cultural, right?
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A lei should be a welcomed celebration of one person's affection to another.
Chris Pirillo 2009
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A lei should be a welcomed celebration of one person's affection to another.
Chris Pirillo 2009
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This is reflected in the modern Chinese character for the English meaning "tired", "累" ，lei, which is a picture of a field - the work of men - above a picture of a coil of silk - the work of women. gunpowder they had no intention of using it as a weapon; instead, it was developed in the Tang dynasty as a formula for immortality by religious Daoist (daojiao - 道教) alchemists.
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Cheesy though it may sound, vivo per lei which is actually a wonderful Andrea Bocelli song, but it's about la musica.
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Cheesy though it may sound, vivo per lei which is actually a wonderful Andrea Bocelli song, but it's about la musica.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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The lame jokes where people were getting leis put around their necks which prompted them to quip in wacky fashion: "I haven't been 'lei'd' in years!"
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2004
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'aina i ka pono (For the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness) I mau aloa'a ka lei
WN.com - Articles related to Barack Obama's Total Eclipse for America 2010
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For example, when my student who returned from Hawaii gave me a beautiful "lei," I used it to decorate the classroom god's head.
123 I Love You 2009
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Hawaiian wedding ring?
April 25, 2008
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Growth ring?
November 2, 2013