WREATHE

wreathe, wind

(verb) form into a wreath

wreathe

(verb) decorate or deck with wreaths; “wreathe the grave site”

wreathe

(verb) move with slow, sinuous movements

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

wreathe (third-person singular simple present wreathes, present participle wreathing, simple past and past participle wreathed)

(transitive) To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath.

(transitive) To form a wreathlike shape around something.

(intransitive) To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath.

(obsolete) To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.

Anagrams

• weareth, weather, whate'er, wheater, whereat

Source: Wiktionary

Wreathe, v. t. [imp. Wreathed; p. p. Wreathed; Archaic Wreathen; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreathing.] Etym: [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.

Wreathe, v. i.

Definition: To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition