to bower

Examples

• All

• The old cottage was bowered in wisteria and roses.

• Children bowered themselves under blankets, pretending to be in a secret hideaway.

• A canopy of vines bowered the garden path in deep shade.

• The gardener bowered the garden beautifully.

• They bower their garden with vines and flowers, creating a cozy retreat.

• The couple decided to bower their picnic area with branches and leaves for some shade.

• To make their backyard more inviting, they bower the seating with climbing roses.

Synonyms

C

to canopy

vsto bower

3 5.5

To cover something with cloth or leaves to give shade

is more enclosing and natural using a leafy shelter rather than a simple cover

E

to embower

vsto bower

• Archaic

9.9

To surround a place with trees or vines so it feels sheltered

surrounds by creating a leafy cover around rather than placing inside

Compounds

V

virgin's bower

• US

3 9.9

A climbing plant from eastern North America that grows over other plants and has small white flowers

B

bower actinidia

• Specialized

9.9

A climbing Asian vine with long jagged leaves and white flower bunches that make small edible greenish-yellow fruit

P

purple virgin's bower

• US

9.9

A climbing plant with waxy purple-blue flowers that grows on fences

How Sheltered

to shelter

76 2.5

to bower

9.9

to shade

26 1.0

to expose

• Archaic

9 8.8

Surface Forms

Etymology