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wreathe

[reeth]

verb (used with object)

wreathed, wreathed , wreathen, wreathing .
  1. to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.

  2. to form as a wreath by twisting or twining.

  3. to surround in curving or curling masses or form.

  4. to envelop.

    a face wreathed in smiles.



verb (used without object)

wreathed, wreathed , wreathen, wreathing .
  1. to take the form of a wreath or wreaths.

  2. to move in curving or curling masses, as smoke.

wreathe

/ ːð /

verb

  1. to form into or take the form of a wreath by intertwining or twisting together

  2. (tr) to decorate, crown, or encircle with wreaths

  3. to move or cause to move in a twisting way

    smoke wreathed up to the ceiling

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • wreather noun
  • interwreathe verb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wreathe1

1520–30; earlier wrethe, partly v. use of wreath, partly back formation from wrethen, obsolete past participle of writhe
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wreathe1

C16: perhaps back formation from ɰŧٳ, from Old English writhen, past participle of ɰīٳ󲹲 to writhe ; see wreath
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Example Sentences

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" we commemorate, what we celebrate, what public displays we make, where we place wreathes – the president does have that ability to signal what he thinks is important," he added.

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Rescue workers, wreathed in smoke, stood by a pair of excavators digging through a mountain of rubble — the wreckage of an eight-story, 16-apartment building.

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The crosses throughout a bizarre realm wreathed in shadow mark sites where he has shed his corporeal flesh.

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At the sound of a gunshot, a performer, wreathed in white silks, tumbles from the ceiling.

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The nicotine inside comes wreathed in a “strawberry kiwi” flavor.

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