Meaning & use
wreathe
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To envelop, encircle, or coil something around an object, often in a decorative or misty manner.
See it in a sentence
Smoke wreathed the mountaintop as the fire smoldered below.
She wreathed the doorway with fresh pine branches for the holiday.
A note on using this word
Not to be confused with the noun 'wreath'; 'wreathe' is the verb form, related etymologically to 'writhe'.
Words with a similar meaning
encircleenvelopcoil
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Words with an opposite meaning
unwinduncoil
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