wreathe
To coil, curl, or twist (something); to shape (something) into circles or coils.
To adorn (someone or something) with a garland or wreath.
Of flowers, leaves, etc.: to form the shape of a wreath around (something).
To coil or spiral around, or encircle, (someone or something); (by extension) to cover or envelop (someone or something).
To coil, twist, or wind (oneself or something) around a person or thing; (by extension) to cause (oneself or something) to cover or encircle a person or thing.
To entwine or twist (two or more people or things) together; to intertwine, to interweave.
(archaic) To form (a crown, garland, wreath, etc.) by entwining or twisting flowers, leaves, etc., together; also, to entwine or twist (flowers, leaves, etc.) together to form a crown, garland, wreath, etc.
On th' other side, Adam, soon as he heard / The fatal Trespass don by Eve, amaz'd, / Astonied stood and Blank, while horror chill / Ran through his veins, and all his joynts relax'd; / From his slack hand the Garland wreath'd for Eve / Down drop'd, and all the faded Roses shed: […]
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing / A flowery band to bind us to the earth, / Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth / Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, / Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways / Made for our searching: […]
(Southeast England) To strengthen (an earthen embankment) with hurdles of wattle.
(obsolete) To form (something) by entwining or twisting two or more things together; also, to entwine or twist (something) with another thing.
(obsolete, Scotland, figurative) To place (a yoke, symbolizing a burden) on someone's neck.
To coil, twist, or wind around a person or thing.
Of mist, smoke, etc.: to move with a coiling, spiraling, or twisting motion.
Before the Altar, bowed, he stands / With empty hands; / Upon it perfumed offerings burn / Wreathing with smoke the sacrificial urn.
(obsolete, rare) To become intertwined with something.
(obsolete, chiefly Scotland) Of snow: to form drifts.
To arrange (one's expression, face, etc.) into a smile; also, of the lips, mouth, etc.: to arrange (itself or themselves) into a smile.
To bend or turn (oneself), often continuously; to twist and turn, to writhe.
(figurative, archaic) To artfully introduce (oneself) into a situation, a person's thoughts, etc.; to insinuate.
(obsolete) To cause (the body, limbs, etc.) to twist violently; to contort, to writhe.
(obsolete) To rip or tear (something); to rend.
(obsolete) To turn (something) violently around or aside; to wrench, to wring.
(obsolete) To take (something) by force; to wrest.
(obsolete, rare) To make (a bow) by bending forward.
(obsolete, figurative) To give (spoken or written words) a false or strained meaning; to twist.
To bend or turn, often continuously; to twist and turn, to writhe.