Wreathe
[riːð] or [rið]
Definition
(verb.) form into a wreath.
(verb.) decorate or deck with wreaths; 'wreathe the grave site'.
(verb.) move with slow, sinuous movements.
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Definition
(n.) To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
(n.) To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
(n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
(n.) To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
(v. i.) To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Twist, interweave, entwine.[2]. Encircle, surround, infold.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Turn, twist, interweave, enfold,[See ANGRY]
Editor: Nolan
Examples
- The professor sat in silence for a few minutes, and the darkness hid the grim smile that wreathed his wrinkled countenance. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Beauty is never so beautiful as when, if I tease it, it wreathes back on me with spirit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Seating herself on the upper step of the terrace, Lily leaned her head against the honeysuckles wreathing the balustrade. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The pole lay with one end supported on a trestle, and women were engaged in wreathing it from the top downwards with wild-flowers. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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