loop vs wreath

loop

verb
  • To fasten or encircle something with a loop. 

  • To move in a loop. 

  • To move something in a loop. 

  • To place in a loop. 

  • To join electrical components to complete a circuit. 

  • To fly an aircraft in a loop. 

  • To duplicate the route of a pipeline. 

  • To form something into a loop. 

  • To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up. 

  • To form a loop. 

noun
  • A complete circuit for an electric current. 

  • A quasigroup with an identity element. 

  • A ring road or beltway. 

  • The opening so formed. 

  • A loop-shaped intrauterine device. 

  • A small, narrow opening; a loophole. 

  • A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure. 

  • A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop. 

  • An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane. 

  • An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition. 

  • A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. 

  • An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex. 

  • A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. 

  • A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied. 

  • A path that starts and ends at the same point. 

  • A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point. 

wreath

verb
  • To wrap around something in a circle. 

  • To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something. 

  • To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath. 

noun
  • An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor. 

  • An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms. 

  • A defect in glass. 

  • Something twisted, intertwined, or curled. 

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