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Meanings of wreath in English

Russian
венок
Portuguese
grinalda
Catalan
garlanda
Spanish
guirnalda

Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.

        венок

        Wreathe.

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              Examples for "wreathe"
              Examples for "wreathe"
              1
              She saw it curl and wreathe itself against the cold blue east.
              What Necessity Knows
              2
              Mr. Manley permitted a faint, sceptical smile to wreathe his lips.
              The Loudwater Mystery
              3
              Helen Cresswell stood there radiant; the dressmaker, too, was wreathed in smiles.
              The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
              4
              The sea was wreathed in fog when he rowed over to Halsskär.
              Depths
              5
              The wood-nymphs wreathed a human chain about the marge of the pool.
              We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
              Usage of wreath in English
              1
              In a few minutes in comes the girl with the flower wreath.
              Options
              2
              Above the altar the divine woman holds the wreath encircling the angel.
              The Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — ...
              3
              The American Ambassador also plans to throw a wreath into the sea.
              Cat’s Cradle
              4
              She saw herself in white, a wreath of forget-me-nots in her hair.
              The Mating of Lydia
              5
              That wreath makes you look like the statue of Ariadne in Rome.
              The Hippodrome
              6
              There was Sylvia sitting in the field, making a wreath of honeysuckle.
              The Dark Flower
              7
              Around the neck of the eagle hangs a wreath of pure gold.
              The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
              8
              Then I took my wreath in my hand and went from here.
              Fifty-One Tales
              9
              Part drifted above, in clouds, twisting round like soot in a smoke-wreath.
              The Naturalist on the Thames
              10
              I don't answer, but thread together the flowers for her bridal wreath.
              Daughters of the Nile
              11
              And it seems certain that our Dante deserved the wreath of laurel.
              The God of Love
              12
              He and Cecil handed Nevil in his banana-wreath about to their friends.
              Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2
              13
              Then she held up in each hand a beautiful wreath of flowers.
              Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories
              14
              General French can afford to shed one leaf from his laurel wreath.
              The Great Boer War
              15
              The incident of the wreath had troubled him, albeit with contending sensations.
              Sally Dows
              16
              Here and there, I saw people placing a wreath on a grave.
              The President's Assassin
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              Translations for wreath
              Russian
              венок
              Wreath through the time
              Wreath across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              New Zealand
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
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