wreathe
/riːð/
US pronunciation
American sound/riːð/
wreathe
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> wreathe
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘He agreed, a huge smile wreathing his face as he walked the few paces over to the other side of his room.’
- ‘The eruption produced a cloud of steam and ash that wreathed the 3, 000 ft Stromboli mountain and a tidal wave that rocked ships in ports more than 100 miles away.’
- ‘Ben sat at the keyboard composing furiously, his face wreathed with an angelic smile.’
- ‘I can't imagine anyone not being wreathed in smiles after such an episode.’
- ‘Rock Pigeons swirled around occasionally, and a rainbow wreathed the feet of the magnificent bronze atop a fountain.’
- ‘He could feel a little air rushing past him, and as the final countdown commenced, his face was wreathed in an angelic smile.’
- ‘Everyone was wreathed in smiles and freedom hung about the air like fresh morning mist.’
- ‘His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.’
- ‘The bungalow inside is wreathed in smoke, great huge clouds of it, seemingly static around it.’
- ‘The scenery around Loch Linnhe is normally magnificent at this time of year, but last week the gold and russet-brown colours of the Lochaber hills were hidden by the low clouds which wreathed Fort William in grey.’
- ‘The blue haze of burning incense wreathed the dragon-created roofs of the Cheng Doon Teng temple.’
- ‘Holmes was sitting wreathed in tobacco smoke and looked up.’
- ‘Hampden, meanwhile, was eerily wreathed in freezing fog but neither the elements nor the task ahead of him seemed to cow Smith's spirits.’
- ‘Madeira's is a mountainous interior, mysteriously wreathed by a cover of clouds.’
- ‘Earlier in the day, Southampton Water was wreathed in smoky fog, forcing the crew to rely on years of hard-won experience to get their passengers safely across.’
- ‘Today, however, fog wreathed the tiny islet, and covered the sand and pebbles at his feet with beadlets of moisture.’
- ‘The other man's jowly face was wreathed in smiles.’
- ‘She had a gentle smile on her face and was wreathed with light from behind, giving her an earth-real glow.’
- ‘Instead, Jones was wreathed in smiles which gave way to a brief cry as she stopped in front of her mother, also Marion, and other members of the family who had travelled to Sydney.’
- ‘A sharp knock in the morning and steaming hot tea would wake us up to another glorious day - the sun emerging from behind mist wreathed hills.’
Synonyms
adorn, cover, garland, arc, arch, band, bedraggle, begird, bend, blend, bow, braid, buckle, build, bulge, careen, cincture, circle, circuit, circumscribe, cockle, coil, compass, complect, complicate, compose, concave, construct, contort, convex, convolute, convolve, corkscrew, crackle, crease, create, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crisp, criss-cross, crochet, crook, crumple, crush, cue, curl, curl around, curve, derange, deviate, dishevel, disorder, distort, divert, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, enmesh, enring, entangle, entwine, envelop, environ, fabricate, festoon, fold, form into ringlets, frizz, furl, fuse, gird in, girdle, gyrate, halo, hem in, hiss, hook, inclose, incorporate, incurve, indent, inflect, interfold, interlace, interlink, intermingle, interplait, intertwine, intervolve, interweave, introduce, invest, kink, knit, knot, lace, lap, loop, lurch, make, make serpentine, make up, manufacture, mat, meander, merge, mesh, mess up, move in and out, muss up, net, piece together, plait, ply, pucker, put together, ramble, reel, reticulate, rick, ring, ringlet, ripple, roll, rotate, round, ruck, ruck up, ruffle, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, screw up, scroll, scrunch, seam, sew, sinuate, skew, slither, snake, spin, spiral, spire, splice, sprain, squirm, stoop, surround, swathe, swerve, swirl, swish, swivel, tangle, tousle
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