wreathing
Forming spiral garlands
Wreathing is the present participle of wreathe, meaning to encircle or adorn with a wreath or wreath-like form.
Smoke wreathes upward in curling spirals; mist wreathes a mountaintop.
A face wreathed in smiles is surrounded by them.
Ivy was wreathing the columns.
The word suggests something winding, encircling, or draping itself around another thing.
Evergreen climbing plant
- laurelVictory wreath plant
- hollySpiny-leaved winter shrub
- vinesClimbing, trailing plants
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
greenery · garland · boughs · leaves · tendrils · creeper · bindweed · climbing
Decorative strand of foliage
- adornAdd beauty to
- embellishAdd decorative elements
- festoonOrnamental hanging chain
- ornamentThing that beautifies
bedeck · drape · trim · deck · array · beautify · enhance · dress
Wound circular arrangement
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- curlSpiral or loop form
- swirlRotating, curving movement
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
whorl · gyre · vortex · loop · twining · entwining · intertwine · volute
Fine airborne moisture
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- vaporGaseous form of liquid
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- wispsThin floating strands
curling · drifting · billowing · swirling · tendrils · rising · dissipating · obscuring
Enclose on every side
- envelopSurround and cover fully
- encaseSurround on all sides
- girdleBody-shaping undergarment
- ringClosed curve shape
loop · coil · encompass · encircle · halo · corona · circlet · belt
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
- victoryDefeating an opponent
triumph · laurels · honor · convocation · investiture · installation · induction · crowning
Service honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- graveSerious and worrying
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
condolence · bereavement · sympathy · tribute · interment · eulogy · honor · cemetery
ivy
Evergreen climbing plant
foliage · greenery · garland · boughs · leaves · tendrils · creeper · bindweed · climbing · branching
garland
Decorative strand of foliage
ornament · bedeck · drape · trim · deck · array · beautify · enhance · dress · enrich
coil
Wound circular arrangement
helix · whorl · gyre · vortex · loop · twining · entwining · intertwine · volute · scroll
mist
Fine airborne moisture
wisps · curling · drifting · billowing · swirling · tendrils · rising · dissipating · obscuring · veiling
surround
Enclose on every side
ring · loop · coil · encompass · encircle · halo · corona · circlet · belt · girth
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
victory · triumph · laurels · honor · convocation · investiture · installation · induction · crowning · procession
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- graveSerious and worrying
tombstone · condolence · bereavement · sympathy · tribute · interment · eulogy · honor · cemetery · loss
- embellishmentsembellish, adorn, trimming, garnishing, bedecking
- containingcontaining, enclosing, encasing, wrapping, enveloping
wreathingstraightening
Making something not crooked
unbending · untwisting · arrowing · extending · stretching
wreathinguncoiling
Loosening from spiral form
unwinding · unraveling · dispersing · scattering · releasing