Wreathing
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The motion or pattern of something that wreaths.
"To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering."
- 1 present participle and gerund of wreath form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 2 present participle and gerund of wreathe form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Having a pattern that wreathes.
"The ground rose on each side like a wall, but hung with natural tapestry—the creeping plants which in the South take such graceful and wreathing forms in their foliage."
Example
More examples"The wreathing fires made way. They wrapt the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant child Like banners in the sky."
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