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Thesaurus: wreathe

To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

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  1. n. To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
  2. n. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
  3. n. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
  4. n. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
  5. v. i. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower of wreathing trees.
  6. v. move with slow, sinuous movements
  7. v. decorate or deck with wreaths
  8. v. form into a wreath
  9. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together; as, a bower ofwreathing trees. Dryden.
  10. v:100 v. move with slow, sinuous movements v. decorate or deck with wreaths v. form into a wreath