wreathe something around someone or something

wreathe something around someone or something
wreathe something around someone or something
to form something into a wreath around someone or something. •

The smoke wreathed a ring around the old man holding a pipe.

The cloud wreathed a huge halo around the tip of the mountain.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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