wreathe

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wreathe

to encircle or adorn, as with a wreath; to envelop: Her head was wreathed in spring flowers.

Not to be confused with:

wreath – a circular band of flowers, foliage, or other material, used as an adornment; a garland: We always put an evergreen wreath on the door for the holidays.

wreathe

(rēth)

v. wreathed, wreath·ing, wreathes

v.tr.

1. To twist or entwine into a wreath or a wreathlike shape: He wreathed flowers into a garland. He wreathed the cloth into a turban.

2. To crown or decorate with a wreath: The winner was wreathed with laurel.

3. To encircle or surround: The mountaintop is wreathed in mist.

4. To extend across; cover: Her face was wreathed in smiles.

5. To coil or curl: The snake wreathed itself around the branch.

v.intr.

To curl, writhe, or spiral: The smoke wreathed upward.

[From wreath.]

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wreathe

(riːð)

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.

[C16: perhaps back formation from wrēthen, from Old English writhen, past participle of wrīthan to writhe; see wreath]

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wreathe

(rið)

v.t.

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

2. to envelop: a face wreathed in smiles.

v.i.

3. to take the form of a wreath or wreaths.

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

[1520–30; earlier wrethe, partly v. use of wreath, partly back formation from wrethen, obsolete past participle of writhe]

wreath′er, n.

wreathe

Past participle: wreathed
Gerund: wreathing

Imperative
wreathe
wreathe

Present
I wreathe
you wreathe
he/she/it wreathes
we wreathe
you wreathe
they wreathe

Preterite
I wreathed
you wreathed
he/she/it wreathed
we wreathed
you wreathed
they wreathed

Present Continuous
I am wreathing
you are wreathing
he/she/it is wreathing
we are wreathing
you are wreathing
they are wreathing

Present Perfect
I have wreathed
you have wreathed
he/she/it has wreathed
we have wreathed
you have wreathed
they have wreathed

Past Continuous
I was wreathing
you were wreathing
he/she/it was wreathing
we were wreathing
you were wreathing
they were wreathing

Past Perfect
I had wreathed
you had wreathed
he/she/it had wreathed
we had wreathed
you had wreathed
they had wreathed

Future
I will wreathe
you will wreathe
he/she/it will wreathe
we will wreathe
you will wreathe
they will wreathe

Future Perfect
I will have wreathed
you will have wreathed
he/she/it will have wreathed
we will have wreathed
you will have wreathed
they will have wreathed

Future Continuous
I will be wreathing
you will be wreathing
he/she/it will be wreathing
we will be wreathing
you will be wreathing
they will be wreathing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wreathing
you have been wreathing
he/she/it has been wreathing
we have been wreathing
you have been wreathing
they have been wreathing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wreathing
you will have been wreathing
he/she/it will have been wreathing
we will have been wreathing
you will have been wreathing
they will have been wreathing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wreathing
you had been wreathing
he/she/it had been wreathing
we had been wreathing
you had been wreathing
they had been wreathing

Conditional
I would wreathe
you would wreathe
he/she/it would wreathe
we would wreathe
you would wreathe
they would wreathe

Past Conditional
I would have wreathed
you would have wreathed
he/she/it would have wreathed
we would have wreathed
you would have wreathed
they would have wreathed

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Verb	1.	wreathe - move with slow, sinuous movements
	2.	wreathe - decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site" adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
	3.	wreathe - form into a wreath wind interlace, intertwine, lace, twine, enlace, entwine - spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"

wreathe

verb

1. surround, envelop, encircle, enfold, coil around, writhe around, enwrap Cigarette smoke wreathed her face.

2. festoon, wind, crown, wrap, twist, coil, adorn, intertwine, interweave, entwine, twine, engarland The temple's huge columns were wreathed in laurels.

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wreathe

verb

To move or proceed on a repeatedly curving course:

coil, corkscrew, curl, entwine, meander, snake, spiral, twine, twist, weave, wind.

Translations

يُغَطّي، يُزَيِّن، يُكَلِّل

indhylle

flechten schmücken

natter tisser tresser

òekja, umlykja, sveipa

avvolgere inghirlandare

kaplamak

覆盖

wreathe

[riːð] (esp liter)

A. VT

1. (= encircle) → ceñir, rodear (with de) a face wreathed in smiles → una cara muy risueña or sonriente
trees wreathed in mist → árboles mpl envueltos en niebla

2. (= garland) [+ person] → engalanar, enguirnaldar (with con) to wreathe flowers into one's hair → ponerse flores en el pelo

B. VI [smoke] to wreathe upwards → elevarse en espirales

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wreathe

vt (= encircle) → (um)winden; (clouds, mist) → umhüllen; (= entwine) → flechten; a garland wreathed the victor’s head → ein Kranz (um)krönte das Haupt des Siegers; his face was wreathed in smiles → er strahlte über das ganze Gesicht

vi the smoke wreathed upwards → der Rauch stieg in Kringeln auf; to wreathe round something (ivy etc) → sich um etw ranken; (snake) → sich um etw schlängeln or ringeln; (smoke) → sich um etw kringeln or kräuseln; (mist) → um etw wallen

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wreath

(riːθ) – plural wreaths (riːθs riːðz) – noun

1. a circular garland of flowers or leaves, placed at a grave, or put on someone's shoulders or head after his/her victory etc. We put a wreath of flowers on her mother's grave.

2. a drift or curl of smoke, mist etc. wreaths of smoke.

wreathe (riːð) verb

to cover. faces wreathed in smiles.

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They have visitors in the high summer weather, when a grey cloak and umbrella, unknown to Chesney Wold at other periods, are seen among the leaves; when two young ladies are occasionally found gambolling in sequestered saw-pits and such nooks of the park; and when the smoke of two pipes wreathes away into the fragrant evening air from the trooper's door.

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When we speak about the handiwork of the Macedonian woman and all that distinguishes out nation, we can gladly say that the artfulness to weave and wreathe a handiwork is not the main thing but also the emotions, prayers and all that the Macedonian woman is carrying deep in her soul and heart," said Metropolitan Petar.

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