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Definition: Wreathed |
WreathedAdjective1. Adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with daisies"; "smoke-wreathed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "wreathed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: WreathedSynonyms: encircled (adj), ringed (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Toy, plaything, bauble; doll; (puppet ); teetotum; knickknack; (trifle); magic lantern; (show); peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show; toy shop; "quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles". |
Courtesy | Mark of recognition, nod; "nods and becks and wreathed smiles"; valediction; condolence. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Wreathed |
| English words defined with "wreathed": Spiry ♦ Torqued, Tortile, Tortility, Tortive, Tortuose ♦ Unwreathe ♦ wreath, wreathe, Wreathy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "wreathed": Death Star. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "wreathed": Torse. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You know of what I speak, Gandalf: a great Eye, lidless, wreathed in flame. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) | |
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| "Wreathed" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 67.57% of the time. "Wreathed" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 67.57% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 29.73% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.7% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 37 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "wreathed": be wreathed ♦ encircled ringed wreathed ♦ wreathed in ♦ wreathed work. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "wreathed": cloud-wreathed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "wreathed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i mbuluar (bedimmed, clothed, coated, covered, covert, sheeted, vaulted, veiled, vestured), i gërshetuar (tressed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вит (winding), обгърнат (covered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 做成华环 (Wreathe, Wreathing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | murale (wriggled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wand (barrier, coiled, face, partition, screen, septum, side, wall, wriggled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τυλιγμένοσ (wreathed in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | 'בלות (compactness, wreathed work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | körülfont. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 장식하" (Ornamented). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eathedwray coberto (covered, overgrown, sheeted, vestured), amortalhado (sheeted, vestured). (various references) сплетенный (twisted), покрытый (covered, sheeted, shirted, vestured). (various references) upleten (entwined, twisted). (various references) envuelto (cocoon, involved). (various references) сплетений (twisted, writhen), перекошений (skew, wry). (various references) torchog (coiled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 39, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai to qusiasthrion kai panta ta skeuh autou kai to elaion thV crisewV kai to qumiama thV sunqesewV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fecerunt in rationali et catenulas sibi invicem coherentes de auro purissimo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei maden in the breest broche litle cheynes, cleuynge to hem seluen togidere, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they made apon the brestlappe, twoo fastenynge cheynes of wrethen worke ad pure golde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathed work of pure gold. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they made upon the breast-plate chains at the ends, of wreathed work of pure gold. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And on the bag they put gold chains, twisted like cords. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 39, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Ug nanagbuhat sila sa ibabaw sa tabon sa dughan sa mga talikala nga magagmay sama sa sinawalo, sa pisi nga sinalapid sa lunsay nga bulawan. |
| Croatian | Za naprsnik naprave lanèiæe od èistoga zlata kao zasukane uzice. |
| Danish | Til Brystskjoldet lavede de snoede Kæder af purt Guld, snoet Arbejde, som når man snor Reb. |
| Dutch | Zij maakten ook aan den borstlap gelijk-eindigende ketentjes, van gedraaid werk, uit louter goud. |
| Finnish | Ja rintakilpeen tehtiin puhtaasta kullasta käädyt, punotut, niinkuin punonnaista tehdään. |
| French | On fit sur le pectoral des chaînettes d`or pur, tressées en forme de cordons. |
| German | Und sie machten am Schild Ketten mit zwei Enden von feinem Golde |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu dibuat dua rantai dari emas murni yang dipilin seperti tali. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diperbuatkannya lagi pada perhiasan dada itu rantai kecil dari pada emas semata-mata suci, bercengkeling, perbuatan dawai emas berkerawang. |
| Italian | Fecero sul pettorale catene in forma di cordoni, lavoro d'intreccio d'oro puro. |
| Maori | I hanga ano e ratou ki te koura parakore nga mekameka, he mea whiri, mo te kouma, mo nga pito. |
| Norwegian | Til brystduken gjorde de også kjeder av rent gull, slynget som snorer. |
| Portuguese | Também fizeram sobre o peitoral cadeiazinhas, semelhantes a cordas, obra de trança, de ouro puro. |
| Rumanian | Pe pieptar au fqcut apoi niwte lqnyiwoare de aur curat, kmpletite ca niwte sfori. |
| Russian | л ОБ ЕТУОЙЛХ У"ЕМБМЙ ФПМУФЩЕ "Е ПЮЛЙ ЧЙФПА ТБ'ПФПА ЙЪ ЮЙУФПЗП ЪПМПФБ; |
| Swedish | Och man gjorde till bröstskölden kedjor i virat arbete, såsom man gör snodder, av rent guld. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "wreathed": enwreathed, unwreathed. (additional references) | |
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"Wreathed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: wreached. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-h-r-t-w" | |
-1 letter: dewater, earthed, hearted, tarweed, thrawed, watered, weather, whereat, wrathed, wreathe. | |
-2 letters: adhere, aether, dearth, derate, drawee, hatred, header, heated, heater, hereat, redate, reheat, teared, thawed, thawer, thread, warted, wether, wreath. | |
-3 letters: arete, dater, death, derat, deter, dewar, eared, earth, eater, ether, hared, hated, hater, hawed, heard, heart, heder, hewed, hewer, rated, rathe, rewed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-h-r-t-w" | |
+1 letter: headwater, watershed, weathered. | |
+2 letters: enwreathed, headwaiter, headwaters, unwreathed, watersheds, whitebeard. | |
+3 letters: breadthwise, cartwheeled, downhearted, headwaiters, leatherwood, unweathered, warmhearted, weakhearted, weatherized, whitebeards. | |
+4 letters: leatherwoods, weatherboard, wholehearted. | |
+5 letters: downheartedly, thenceforward, weatherboards. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 72 65 61 74 68 65 64 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . .- - .... . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W r e a t h e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0072 0065 0061 0074 0068 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5784716786747170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, 알"니아, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, 중국, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, "랑스, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, 독일, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець, Almaenwr |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, 그리스, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, Groegwr |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, 헝가리, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, 포르투갈, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, 스페인, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
Welsh | geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiad | shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, уелски, уелски език, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, 威"士, 威爾士語 , gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, galês, уэльский, velšanin, podvaliti, velški jezik, velški, galés, у"льський, не віддати гроші, валлійська мова, валлійський, валлійці, Cymreig |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, 영국, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова, Saesneg |
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