'Wreathe' definitions:
Definition of 'wreathe'
From: WordNet
verb
Move with slow, sinuous movements
verb
Decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site"
verb
Form into a wreath [syn: wreathe, wind]
Definition of 'Wreathe'
From: GCIDE
- Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. i. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wreathe'
From: GCIDE
- Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. Wreathed; p. p. Wreathed; Archaic Wreathen; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreathing.] [See Wreath, n.] [Written also wreath.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. [1913 Webster]
- The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. [1913 Webster]
- Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. [1913 Webster]
- In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wreathe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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