wreathe
6 synonyms and 2 antonyms for wreathe, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To twist or coil something, especially into the shape of a wreath.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb literary
To twist or coil something, especially into the shape of a wreath.
“She wreathed ivy around the old trellis.”
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How to use wreathe
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Wreathe is a fairly literary word, more common in descriptive writing than in everyday speech.
Etymology
Wreathe comes from the Middle English verb wrethen, meaning to twist, which itself grew out of an Old English verb meaning to twist, bind or wrap. The word also absorbed an Old English noun for a coiled or ring-shaped band, the ancestor of the modern noun wreath, so the verb has always carried the idea of coiling somet...
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