Wreathing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Wreathing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of wreath.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of wreath.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of wreathe
- The motion or pattern of something that wreaths.
- Having a pattern that wreathes.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- wreathings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include garland, chaplet, coronal, lei, wreathwork, coiling.
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