to wreathe
- verb
- /riːð/
:
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- Its forested slopes were wreathed in fog, giving the island a mysterious appearance.
Examples
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From above the back of the chair, cigar smoke wreathes up.
Fiction book (1994) -
REVERSE CLOSE-UP as she stands panting, wreathed in her own breath, her hair matted with ice.
Fiction book (2000) -
A Great Eye, lidless, wreathed in flame.
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There we fought, above the mists of the world... ...and the mountain was wreathed with lightning.
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Her breath wreathed his face, bitter and steamy.
Fiction book (1995) -
She turned on one high heel, her palm supporting one elbow, her cigarette an inch from her mouth, her hair wreathed in smoke.
Fiction book (1991) -
The smoke from the campfire wreathed around the trees, creating a mystical atmosphere.
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As she danced, her flowing dress wreathed around her, swaying gracefully with each step.
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Fog wreathed the valley in the early morning, shrouding everything in a ghostly veil.
Synonyms
231
1.7
To turn something so it becomes a curved or spiral shape
225
3.2
To wrap something around another thing in a coil
120
2.7
To move in a twisting or circular way
7
3.8
To wind something into loops or move in a spiral
2
6.8
To move in a twisting spiral path
1
9.2
To move in a circle or spiral
To wrap something by turning it around another object
To twist something into a tight coil
To wind or twist inward in a spiral like a snail's shell
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Winding
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wreathe also keeps the idea of 'twisting' and is like the word writhe, which means to twist or move in a curving way. That's why we use wreathe to describe smoke, vines, or a body slowly twisting and moving around something.