wreath

«wreath» in Mova's school dictionary: a ring of flowers, leaves or branches, used as a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a wreath, wreaths); verb wreathe (wreathe, wreathes, wreathed, wreathing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A wreath is a ring of flowers, leaves or branches, used as a decoration or to remember someone who has died. tree →

2) A wreath of smoke or mist is a ring or curl of it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people hang a holly wreath on the door at Christmas; wreaths of flowers are laid at funerals and on remembrance days for soldiers (poppy wreaths). In history, winners in ancient games wore laurel wreaths. Phrases: a Christmas wreath, lay a wreath, a laurel wreath, a poppy wreath.

examples

• We hung a holly wreath on our front door. tree →
• The children laid a poppy wreath at the memorial. tree →
• The winner wore a wreath of laurel leaves. tree →
• Mum made a wreath of autumn leaves. tree →
• A wreath of smoke curled above the chimney. tree →
• They sent a wreath of white lilies to the funeral. tree →
• The head is frequently encircled with a wreath of oak-leaves. tree →

note

Plural: wreaths. The noun «wreath» ends with the «th» in «think»; the verb «wreathe» ends with the «th» in «this» and has an e. Do not mix up with «wrath» (great anger) or «breath».

In the corpora

• Advent is the four weeks before Christmas, a time of waiting and getting ready, with Advent wreaths and calendars.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wreath» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.