Wreathe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Wreathe	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Wreathe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wreathe v move with slow, sinuous movements decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site" form into a wreath Synonym(s): wreathe, wind
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. i. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wreathe \Wreathe\, v. t. [imp. {Wreathed}; p. p. {Wreathed}; Archaic {Wreathen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wreathing}.] [See {Wreath}, n.] [Written also {wreath}.] 1. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn. [Obs.] And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe. --Spenser. 2. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine. The nods and smiles of recognition into which this singular physiognomy was wreathed. --Sir W. Scott. From his slack hand the garland wreathed for Eve Down dropped. --Milton. 3. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold. Each wreathed in the other's arms. --Shak. Dusk faces with withe silken turbants wreathed. --Milton. And with thy winding ivy wreathes her lance. --Dryden. 4. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle. In the flowers that wreathe the sparkling bowl, Fell adders hiss. --Prior.