English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "klimop" is 'n soort immergroen klimplant met donkergroen blare, wat óf dekoratief gebruik kan word óf vir sy bessies gekweek kan word. Die term "klimop" kan ook gebruik word om te verwys na 'n plant wat nie 'n ware klimop is nie, maar soortgelyke eienskappe het, soos Boston klimop of gif klimop. In 'n figuurlike sin kan "klimop" gebruik word om 'n situasie te beskryf waar iets of iemand 'n ander ding of persoon geleidelik oorneem of omvou, soos in "die klimop van skuld het die maatskappy stadig verwurg."

Synonyms

  1. english ivy
  2. hedera helix
  3. common ivy

Sentence Examples

  1. A massive floral arrangement of ivy and white roses exploded from a vase in the precise center.
  2. At night, an eerie aura clung to the grey historic walls wrapped up in ivy.
  3. Between the ivy that almost covered it, Cam could see it was made of white stone.
  4. suddenly there came into the garden four wild-men all clad in green ivy bearing on their shoulders a great wooden horse.
  5. The ivy had grown tall enough to reach the top of one of two towers, covering the windows with vines.
  6. Nell had let the ivy grow out of hand to block the windows, not that anyone ever came back here anyway.
  7. Nor were their ornaments like those in use to-day, set off by Tyrian purple, and silk tortured in endless fashions, but the wreathed leaves of the green dock and ivy, wherewith they went as bravely and becomingly decked as our Court dames with all the rare and far-fetched artifices that idle curiosity has taught them.
  8. From the spring, the Seidr flowed until the whole of the clearing filled with light, far more than the Beast could drink, until the air itself glistened and gold streams rose up the trees like ivy and blanketed the wall of bedrock, taking the form of a wall of fire and flame that rose from the ground.
  9. The tree on the right was a bare skeleton, its trunk infested with shiny green leaves of ivy climbing up to the first of the forlorn boughs.
  10. They stood together beneath a wooden arch, graced with ivy and lilacs.