wreathe
pronunciation
How to pronounce wreathe in British English:
UK [ri:ð]
How to pronounce wreathe in American English:
US [rið]
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- Verb:
- move with slow, sinuous movements
- encircle with or as if with a wreath
- decorate or deck with wreathes
- form into a wreath
Word Origin
- wreathe (v.)
- 1520s (transitive), a back-formation from wrethen, Middle English past participle of writhe. Intransitive sense from 1580s. Related: Wreathed; wreathing.
Example
- 1. She likes to wreathe flowers into ornaments when she is free .
- 2. The bushes then returned to washington and placed a wreathe at the pentagon site where a fourth hijacked plane killed 184 people upon crashing .
- 3. We have decided to wreathe flowers into ornaments for people 's doors at christmas time .