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wreathe
v. shape into a wreath, shape into a circular arrangement of flowers; festoon; adorn; decorate with a wreath; encircle, enfold; move in curling masses (of smoke); move in circles or spirals


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wreathe
Verb
1. move with slow, sinuous movements
2. encircle with or as if with a wreath; "Her face was wreathed with blossoms"
(synonym) wreath
(hypernym) surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring
3. decorate or deck with wreathes; "wreathe the grave site"
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
4. form into a wreath
(synonym) wind
(hypernym) intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Wreathe
(v. i.)
To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees.
  
 
(n.)
To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
  
 
(n.)
To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
  
 
(n.)
To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
  
 
(n.)
To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About

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wreathe
Synonyms and related words:
band, bead, begird, bejewel, belt, belt in, beribbon, bespangle, braid, cincture, circle, coil, corkscrew, curl, diamond, encincture, encircle, engird, engrave, enlace, ensphere, entwine, feather, figure, filigree, flag, flounce, flower, garland, gem, gird, girdle, illuminate, interknit, interlace, intertie, intertissue, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, intort, jewel, knit, lace, loom, loop, mat, net, noose, paint, plait, pleach, plume, raddle, ribbon, ring, spangle, spiral, splice, tinsel, tissue, twill, twine, twine around, twist, wattle, weave, web, wreathe around, zone
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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