wreathe

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To twist or entwine into a wreath.
2. v. To twist or curl into a wreathlike shape or contour.
3. v. To crown, decorate, or encircle with or as if with a wreath.
4. v. To coil or curl.
5. v. To form a wreath or wreathlike shape around.
6. v. To assume the form of wreath.
7. v. To curl, writhe, or spiral: The smoke wreathed upward.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To twist; form by twisting.
2. To writhe; contort; distort.
3. To form into a wreath; adjust as a wreath or circularly; cause to pass about something.
4. To form or make by intertwining; also, to twist together or intertwine; combine, as several things into one, by twisting and intertwining.
5. To surround with a wreath or with anything twisted or twined; infold; twist, twine, or fold round.
6. To form or become a wreath about; encircle.
7. To take the form of wreath; hence, to mingle or interlace, as two or more things with one another.
8. In milling, to hug the eye of the millstone so closely as to retard or prevent its descent: said of flour or meal.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath
2. v. transitive To form a wreathlike shape around something
3. v. intransitive To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of wreath
4. v. obsolete To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. obsolete To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.
2. v. To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; to entwine.
3. v. To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
4. v. To twine or twist about; to surround; to encircle.
5. v. To be intewoven or entwined; to twine together.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. form into a wreath
2. v. move with slow, sinuous movements
3. v. decorate or deck with wreaths