Wreathe - meaning and definition. What is Wreathe
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What (who) is Wreathe - definition


wreathe      
v. a.
1.
Twist, interweave, intwine, twine.
2.
Encircle, surround, infold.
wreathe      
(wreathes, wreathing, wreathed)
1.
If something is wreathed in smoke or mist, it is surrounded by it. (LITERARY)
The ship was wreathed in smoke...
Fog wreathes the temples.
= shroud
VERB: be V-ed in n, V n
2.
If something is wreathed with flowers or leaves, it has a circle or chain of flowers or leaves put round it.
Its huge columns were wreathed with laurel and magnolia.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with/in n
Wreathe      
·noun To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to Turn.
II. Wreathe ·vi To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees.
III. Wreathe ·noun To twine or twist about; to Surround; to Encircle.
IV. Wreathe ·noun To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to Encircle; to Infold.
V. Wreathe ·noun To Twist; to Convolve; to wind one about another; to Entwine.
Examples of use of Wreathe
1. Akkad‘s coffin was draped in the Syrian flag and bore a wreathe from President Bashar Assad.