Word Finder - wreathed

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To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.

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To wrap around something in a circle.

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At the funeral, a circle of comrades wreathed the grave of the honored deceased.

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To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath.

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To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath.

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To form a wreathlike shape around something.

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To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath.

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To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.

These and the gunwale are tastefully inlaid with mother-of-pearl and wreathed with shells and feathers.

Up here Wreathed hornbills were seen flying over the immensly dense mountain slopes.

The wreathed arch over the passage into the chancel, is of curious workmanship.

Gandhi himself, however, appeared to be in the best of spirits, his face being wreathed in smiles.

The Gothic details are wonderful examples of the carver's skill, the wreathed " Prentice's pillar " being the subject of a well-known legend.

Joyce arrived, her bright round face wreathed in smiles.

How well I remember the graceful draperies that enfolded me, the bright autumn leaves that wreathed my head, and the fruit and grain at my feet and in my hands, and beneath all the piety of the masque the oppressive sense of coming ill that made my heart heavy.

Blue; a woman 's head couped at the neck proper wreathed about the temple and neck with a chaplet of oak proper.

Over 4 pilasters just above the cornice at roof level there are four wreathed heads surrounded with floral scrolls.

This is an atmospheric whodunit wreathed in winter mists and mystery, but given legs by a sturdy cast of rustic functionaries.

The name itself is a mystery wreathed in clouds.

A man sits lost in thought before a golden vase from which a woman mysteriously emerges, wreathed in smoke.

It is illuminated by an eerie pink glow, and the summit is wreathed in mystery and cloud.

Some of the cottages are let to residents, and these are wreathed in flowers.

It is slender, with evergreen leaves, and in early summer every shoot is wreathed with small white trumpet-shaped flowers.

There is a family likeness among the kinds, the best known being L. acuminata, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 feet high, with slender arching stems, in early summer wreathed with white bell-shaped pretty flowers.

The stems are dwarf, slender, and very prickly, wreathed with flowers for a good part of their length.

She went through these motions several times, mimicking every movement, then she stood very still for a moment with a troubled look on her face, which suddenly cleared, and she spelled, "Good Helen," and wreathed her face in a very large, artificial smile.

The victim was slaughtered by the priest in the church porch before the crucifix, after it had been ritually wreathed and given the holy salt, by licking which it appropriated a sacramental purity or efficacy previously conveyed into the salt by exorcisms and consecration.