enfold

en·fold

 (ĕn-fōld′)

tr.v. en·fold·ed, en·fold·ing, en·folds

1. To cover with or as if with folds; envelop.

2. To hold within limits; enclose.

3. To embrace.

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en·fold′er n.

enfold

(ɪnˈfəʊld) or

infold

vb (tr)

1. to cover by enclosing

2. to embrace

3. to form with or as with folds

enˈfolder, inˈfolder n

enˈfoldment, inˈfoldment n

en•fold

(ɛnˈfoʊld)

v.t.

1. to wrap up; envelop.

2. to surround with or as if with folds.

3. to hug or clasp; embrace.

4. to form into a fold or folds.

[1585–95]

en•fold′er, n.

en•fold′ment, n.

enfold

Past participle: enfolded
Gerund: enfolding

Imperative

enfold

enfold

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

enfold - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" enclose, envelop, 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"

enfold

infold

verb

1. wrap, surround, enclose, wrap up, encompass, shroud, immerse, swathe, envelop, sheathe, enwrap Wood was comfortably enfolded in a woolly dressing-gown.

2. embrace, hold, fold, hug, cuddle, clasp He enfolded her gently in his arms.

enfold

verb

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

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

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

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

3. To put one's arms around affectionately:

clasp, embrace, hold, hug, press, squeeze.

Slang: clinch.

Archaic: bosom, clip, embosom.

Translations

umfangen

avvolgereabbracciare

enfold

[ɪnˈfəʊld] VT → envolver
to enfold sb in one's arms → abrazar a algn, estrechar a algn entre los brazos

enfold

[ɪnˈfəʊld] vt

(= surround) → envelopper

(= hug) to enfold sb in one's arms → entourer qn de ses bras

enfold

vt → einhüllen (→ in in +acc); to enfold somebody in one’s arms → jdn in die Arme schließen

enfold

[ɪnˈfəʊld] vt (frm) (hug) → abbracciare; (wrap) → avvolgere