wreathe

[US]/riːð/
[UK]/rið/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to completely envelop; to surround
vi. to curl around, as smoke, fog, or vapor
Word Forms
Present Participlewreathing
Past Tensewreathed
Pluralwreathes
Third Person Singularwreathes
Past Participlewreathed

Example Sentences

wreathed in a miasma of cigarette smoke.

a face wreathed in smiles

The smoke wreathed upward.

Mist wreathed the hilltops.

She sat there wreathed in cigarette smoke.

vaporous emanations wreathe the mill's foundations.

he sits wreathed in smoke.

he watched the smoke wreathe into the night air.

be wreathed in each other's arms

The snake wreathed itself round the branch.

She wreathed flowers into a garland.

His face was wreathed in smiles.

shall I once more wreathe my arms about Antonio's neck?.

Smoke wreathed his head like a halo.

Jeremiad wreathes upon my feeling, while shadow of shiver covers my mood.

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