Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - wreathe
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Wreathe
wreathe
verb (~d; wreathing) Etymology: wreath Date: 1530 transitive verb 1. a. to shape into a wreath b. interweave c. to cause to coil about something 2. to twist or contort so as to show folds or creases 3. to encircle or adorn with or as if with a wreath intransitive verb 1. to twist in coils ; writhe 2. a. to take on the shape of a wreath b. to move or extend in circles or spirals
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v. 1 tr. encircle as, with, or like a wreath. 2 tr. (foll. by round) put (one's arms etc.) round (a person etc.). 3 intr. (of smoke etc.) move in the shape of wreaths. 4 tr. form (flowers, silk, etc.) into a wreath. 5 tr. make (a garland). Etymology: partly back-form. f. archaic wrethen past part. of WRITHE; partly f. WREATH ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. плести, вить (венок) 2. вплетать; переплетать 3. обвивать (чем-л.) 4. извиваться, виться 5. обвивать; охватывать 6. клубиться, виться (о дыме и т. п.) 7. редк. кривиться lips wreathed with fear —- рот, перекошенный от страха 8. расплываться в улыбке (о лице) 9. увенчать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
v. 1) свивать, сплетать (венки) 2) обвивать(ся) 3) клубиться (о дыме) 4) покрывать (морщинами и т.п.) ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(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 ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v literary 1 be wreathed in sth to be surrounded by or covered in something (The mountains were wreathed in mist.) 2 wreathed in smiles looking very happy ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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