wreathe

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de torcer, enrolar ou dar forma a algo, especialmente formando uma coroa ou guirlanda, bem como cercar ou envolver algo.

A verb used to indicate the act of twisting or forming something into a shape, or encircling or surrounding something.

1. Move with slow, sinuous movementsC2formal

   To move or flow in a twisting, winding, or graceful manner.

   Serpentear

   • Smoke wreathed slowly from the chimney.
   • The dancer wreathed across the stage with elegant motions.
   • Mist wreathed around the mountain peaks.

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2. Decorate or deck with wreathsC2formal

   To adorn or encircle something with a wreath or something resembling a wreath.

   Enfeitar com coroas

   • They wreathed the door with holly for the holidays.
   • Her hair was wreathed with flowers.
   • The statue was wreathed in laurel leaves.

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3. Form into a wreathC2formal

   To twist or shape something into a circular or spiral form.

   Trançar em coroa

   • She wreathed the vines into a crown.
   • The smoke wreathed itself into a ring.
   • He wreathed the wire into a decorative circle.

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