Wreathe

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɹiːð/
• Rhymes: -iːð

Origin

Partly a back-formation of wreathen (past participle of writhe), and partly from wreath.

Full definition of wreathe

Verb

1. (transitive) To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath
2. (transitive) To form a wreathlike shape around something
3. (intransitive) To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath
4. (obsolete) To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:from so heauie sight his head did wreath,
  Accusing fortune, and too cruell fate ....

Anagrams

• weareth, weather, whate'er, wheater, whereat