"wreathe" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹiːð/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹið/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wreathe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wreathes [present, singular, third-person], wreathing [participle, present], wreathed [participle, past], wreathed [past]
enPR: rē''th'' [General-American] Rhymes: -iːð Etymology: From Middle English wrethen (“to twist”), partly a back-formation of Middle English wrethen, writhen ("wreathed, twisted"; > modern English wreathen), past participle of wrythen (“to writhe”); and partly from Middle English wrethe (“wreath”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrethen|t=to twist}} Middle English wrethen (“to twist”), {{der|en|enm|wrethen}} Middle English wrethen, {{m|enm|writhen}} writhen, {{cog|en|wreathen}} English wreathen, {{gl|"wreathed, twisted"; > modern English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">wreathen</i>}} ("wreathed, twisted"; > modern English wreathen), {{m|enm|wrythen|t=to writhe}} wrythen (“to writhe”), {{der|en|enm|wrethe|t=wreath}} Middle English wrethe (“wreath”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: transitive Translations (twist into a shape similar to a wreath): вия (vija) (Bulgarian), свивам (svivam) (Bulgarian), plekti (Esperanto), 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan) (Gothic)
    Sense id: en-wreathe-en-verb-TpfN36l8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 6 15 Disambiguation of 'twist into a shape similar to a wreath': 63 20 15 3
  2. (transitive) To form a wreathlike shape around something. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-wreathe-en-verb-86doI6HQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 6 15
  3. (intransitive) To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-wreathe-en-verb-Z~CbyemA
  4. (obsolete) To turn violently aside or around; to wrench. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wreathe-en-verb-rWxNhUBo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 6 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wreath [verb]

Inflected forms

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