wreathe

Definizione monolingua

wreathe

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

1. (transitive) To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath
2. (transitive) To form a wreathlike shape around something
3. (intransitive) To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath
4. (obsolete) To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:

     from so heauie sight his head did wreath, / Accusing fortune, and too cruell fate [...].

Definizione dizionario wreathe

avvolgere

incoronare

Altri significati:

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

(transitive) To form a wreathlike shape around something

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

wreathe (e.g rope)

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