1. thin, coiling structures that grow from climbing plants and wrap around objects for support
Usage: botany
2. thin, curling strands or wisps of something
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The grapevine’s tendrils wrapped around the wooden trellis.
• Pea plants use their tendrils to climb up garden stakes.
• The morning glory’s tendrils coiled tightly around the fence.
• Tendrils of smoke rose from the campfire.
• Her hair fell in soft tendrils around her face.
• Tendrils of fog drifted across the lake.
• The ivy’s tendrils reached toward the sunlight.