envelop

envelop

to wrap around; enfold; hide; enclose: Envelop the area with high walls.

Not to be confused with:

envelope – a flat paper cover or wrapper: Put the letter into an envelope.

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en·vel·op

 (ĕn-vĕl′əp)

tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops

1. To wrap, enclose, or cover: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" (Curtis Wilkie).

2. To surround: The troops enveloped the town.

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[Middle English envolupen, to be involved in, from Old French envoluper, envoloper : en-, in; see en-¹ + voloper, to wrap up; perhaps akin to Medieval Latin faluppa, chaff, straw (influenced by Latin volvere, to roll).]

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en·vel′op·er n.

en·vel′op·ment n.

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envelop

(ɪnˈvɛləp)

vb (tr) , -lops, -loping or -loped

1. to wrap or enclose in or as if in a covering

2. to conceal or obscure, as from sight or understanding: a plan enveloped in mystery.

3. (Military) to surround or partially surround (an enemy force)

[C14: from Old French envoluper, from en-¹ + voluper, voloper, of obscure origin]

enˈvelopment n

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en•vel•op

(ɛnˈvɛl əp)

v.t.

1. to wrap up in or as if in a covering.

2. to serve as a wrapping or covering for.

3. to surround entirely.

4. to attack (an enemy's flank).

[1350–1400; < Old French envoluper=en- en-¹ + voloper to envelop]

en•vel′op•er, n.

en•vel′op•ment, n.

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envelop

Past participle: enveloped
Gerund: enveloping

Imperative

envelop

envelop

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

envelop - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" enclose, enfold, enwrap, wrap cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" benight - envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area" tube - place or enclose in a tube capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize - enclose in a capsule engulf - flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely" sheathe - enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword" cocoon - wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection bathe - suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight" enshroud, shroud, hide, cover - cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"

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envelop

verb enclose, cover, hide, surround, wrap around, embrace, blanket, conceal, obscure, veil, encompass, engulf, cloak, shroud, swathe, encircle, encase, swaddle, sheathe, enfold, enwrap the thick black cloud of smoke that enveloped the area

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envelop

verb

1. To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages:

enfold, enwrap, infold, invest, roll, swaddle, swathe, wrap, wrap up.

2. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure:

cloak, clothe, enfold, enshroud, enwrap, infold, invest, shroud, veil, wrap.

3. To surround and advance upon:

besiege, close in, enclose, hedge, hem.

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Translations

يُغَطّي، يَلُف

indhylleomslutte

einhülleneinwickelnumfangen

envelopper

sveipa, umvefja

avvolgereinfagottareinviluppareavviluppare

apgobtiapvynioti

apņemtietīt

pakke innsvøpe inn

охватить

zahaliť

örtmeksarmak

包封裹

envelop

[ɪnˈveləp] VT (lit, fig) → envolver (in en)

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envelop

[ɪnˈvɛləp] vt → envelopper
to be enveloped in sth → être enveloppé(e) dans qch

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envelop

vt → einhüllen; flames enveloped the house → das Haus war von Flammen eingehüllt; he was enveloped in a black cloak → er war in einen schwarzen Umhang gehüllt

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envelop

[ɪnˈvɛləp] vt to envelop (in) → avvolgere (in), avviluppare (in)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

envelop

(inˈveləp) verb – past tense, past participle enˈveloped –

to cover by wrapping; to surround completely. She enveloped herself in a long cloak. omhul يُغَطّي، يَلُف опаковам envolver(-se) zahalit (se) einhüllen indhylle; omslutte τυλίγωenvolver (sisse) mähkima پوشاندن؛ پنهان کردن kääriä envelopper לַעֲטוֹף लपेटना umotati, okružiti beburkol membungkus sveipa, umvefja avvolgere 包む 감싸다 apgobti, apvynioti ietīt; apņemt membaluti omhullen svøpe/pakke/hylle inn owinąć پوښلو نغاړل، پېچل، تاوول envolver(-se) a (se) înveli завертывать zahaliť (sa) zaviti zamotati svepa in หุ้มห่อ sarmak, örtmek 包，裹，封 обгортати; обкутувати پوری طرح سے لپیٹ دینا bao bọc 包，裹，封

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envelop, without an -e, is a verb.
envelope, with an -e is a noun.

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