1. wreath - Noun
2. wreath - Verb
Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers.
A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnd sometimes when I am weary, When the path is thorny and Wild, I'll look back to the Eyes in the twilight, Back to the eyes that smiled. And pray that a wreath like a rainbow May slip from the beautiful past, And Crown me again with the sweet, strong love And keep me, and hold me fast. Voltairine de Cleyre
Randolph, thy wreath has lost a rose. Walter Scott
May I therefore acknowledge the tender glow of health induced by reading, as I sat here in the morning sun, the flattering attention paid me by your gentleman of ready wreath and quick biography! James McNeill Whistler
One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy. Hillary Clinton
The individual man is transitory, but the pulse of life and of growth goes on after he is gone, buried under a wreath of magnolia leaves. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Love is worn like a wreath through the summers and the winters. Hawaiian Proverb