WREATHE


Meaning of WREATHE in English

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( 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

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