enfold (redirected from enfolds)

en·fold  (n-fld)

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·folder n.

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enfold, infold [ɪnˈfəʊld]

vb (tr)

1. to cover by enclosing

2. to embrace

3. to form with or as with folds

enfolder , infolder n

enfoldment , infoldment n

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"

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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.

Translations

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

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