wreathes

verb

present tense third-person singular of wreathe
1
as in weaves
to cause to twine about one another decided to wreathe the grapevines into a beribboned swag to give the room the "country look"

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2
as in inserts
to scatter or set here and there among other things wreathed small flowers into the design for the wallpaper

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3
as in surrounds
to form a circle around pretty ribbons wreathed the flower girl's braided bun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreathes
  1. weaves
  2. inserts
  3. surrounds
  4. braids
  5. mixes
  6. rings
  7. encircles
  8. circles
Verb
  • The show weaves together AI, generative imagery, immersive audio and spatial narrative design, which organizers describe as producing a living, evolving environment.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2026
  • From the thorny starting point of an Apache raid on a Western homestead, Costner weaves a complex, multi-perspective tale that wrestles with the romance and realities of American colonialism and mythmaking.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 July 2026
Definition of weaves
Verb
  • Luz inserts the construction pole; Susana sniffs.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Once seated at the computer, the hacker inserts a USB drive or external hard drive.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Definition of inserts
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  • With Harry's anticipated return to the UK this week, much interest surrounds the very public royal rift and many are wondering if the brothers will reunite.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Biddinger hopes the shrine at Queen of Heaven will help diminish the stigma that still often surrounds suicide.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of surrounds
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  • Hamilton let his signature braids down ahead of his race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which marks the seventh stop on the Formula 1 calendar this year.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
Definition of braids
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  • Brown-Taher works with a variety of colorful materials including opal, mother of pearl, jade and malachite, and mixes them with diamonds, sapphires and amethysts.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
  • But her voice in the actual album mixes is less grating than the singles’ mixes imply, and the lyrics understand what’s cool and also overbearing about her overarching persona.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Definition of mixes
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  • In fact, the only thing that rings true is how the Three Lions end up exiting the tournament.
    — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • But don’t tell that to winger Timothy Weah, who could be in line for his first start of the tournament as Pochettino rings the changes to keep his players fresh for the round of 32.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 25 June 2026
Definition of rings
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  • The butterfly encircles Larsson's eye, with its wings spanning the whole area from her inner brow to well past its tip.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 July 2026
  • In the center of Washington Park is a lagoon, which once weaved in a crescent shape around a peninsula in a configuration that annoyed boaters, but now encircles a central island called Bynum Island.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Definition of encircles
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  • The gas giant circles its star at an unexpectedly close distance—about 50 times nearer than the Earth’s orbit around the sun.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
  • Chapter 1 Randy Fields stalks through the newsroom, circles my desk and sits across from me.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of circles
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