Synonyms of the word wreath


WREATHCHAPLET - CIRCLE - CORONAL - ENCIRCLE - ENVIRON - GARLAND - LEI - RING - ROUND - SURROUND - WREATHE

wreath

  • n. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
  • n. An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration;…
  • n. (heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It…
  • v. To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.
  • v. (transitive) To wrap around something in a circle.
  • v. (intransitive) To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath.

chaplet

  • n. A garland or circlet for the head.
  • n. A string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
  • n. A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding.
  • n. A small chapel or shrine.
  • n. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the…
  • n. Alternative form of chapelet.
  • n. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

circle

  • n. (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a…
  • n. A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a…
  • n. Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
  • n. A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
  • n. Orbit.
  • n. A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
  • n. (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight…
  • n. (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the…
  • n. (South Africa) A traffic circle or roundabout.
  • n. (obsolete) Compass; circuit; enclosure.
  • n. (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed…
  • n. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
  • n. (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive…
  • n. Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
  • n. A territorial division or district.
  • n. (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
  • v. (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
  • v. (transitive) To surround.
  • v. (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
  • v. (intransitive) To travel in circles.

coronal

  • n. A crown or coronet.
  • n. A wreath or garland of flowers.
  • n. (obsolete) A variant of colonel.
  • n. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands.
  • n. (phonetics) A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue.
  • adj. relating to a crown or coronation.
  • adj. (astronomy) relating to the corona of a star.
  • adj. (botany) relating to the corona of a flower.
  • adj. (phonetics) relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.
  • adj. (anatomy) a "coronal plane" or a "coronal section" divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front).

encircle

  • v. (transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
  • v. To move or go around completely.

environ

  • n. (especially in plural) A surrounding area.
  • v. To surround; to encircle.

garland

  • n. A wreath, especially one of plaited flowers or leaves, worn on the body or draped as a decoration.
  • n. An accolade or mark of honour.
  • n. (mining) A metal gutter placed round a mineshaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the…
  • n. The crown of a monarch.
  • n. (dated) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
  • n. The top; the thing most prized.
  • n. (nautical) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provisions in.
  • n. (nautical) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
  • v. (transitive) To deck or ornament something with a garland.
  • v. (transitive) To form something into a garland.

lei

  • n. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.
  • n. plural of leu.

ring

  • n. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
  • n. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
  • n. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
  • n. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a…
  • n. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
  • n. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
  • n. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
  • n. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
  • n. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
  • n. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level,…
  • n. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
  • v. (transitive) To surround or enclose.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle.
  • v. (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
  • v. (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
  • v. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
  • n. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
  • n. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
  • n. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
  • n. (colloquial) A telephone call.
  • n. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
  • n. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a bell, to produce sound.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a bell) produce sound.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial, Britain, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
  • v. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
  • v. (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
  • v. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
  • n. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation…
  • n. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative…

round

  • adj. (physical) Shape.
  • adj. Complete, whole, not lacking.
  • adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  • adj. (linguistics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
  • adj. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
  • adj. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
  • adj. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
  • adj. Large in magnitude.
  • n. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
  • n. A circular or repetitious route.
  • n. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
  • n. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
  • n. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
  • n. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
  • n. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
  • n. (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  • n. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical…
  • n. (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing…
  • n. (sports) A stage in a competition.
  • n. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
  • n. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for…
  • n. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary,…
  • n. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
  • n. (dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
  • n. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
  • n. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance;…
  • n. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated…
  • n. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
  • n. A circular dance.
  • n. Rotation, as in office; succession.
  • n. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
  • n. An assembly; a group; a circle.
  • n. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
  • n. (archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
  • n. (nautical) A round-top.
  • n. A round of beef.
  • prep. (rare in US) Alternative form of around.
  • adv. Alternative form of around.
  • v. (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
  • v. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
  • v. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
  • v. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
  • v. (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
  • v. (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
  • v. To encircle; to encompass.
  • v. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak…
  • v. (transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter…
  • n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
  • n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.

surround

  • v. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
  • v. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
  • n. (Britain) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.

wreathe

  • v. (transitive) To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath.
  • v. (transitive) To form a wreathlike shape around something.
  • v. (intransitive) To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath.
  • v. (obsolete) To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.

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