envelop

en·vel·op  (n-vlp)

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

1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" (Curtis Wilkie).

2. To attack (an enemy's flank).

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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.]

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en·velop·er n.

en·velop·ment n.

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envelop

Verb

to cover, surround, or enclose [Old French envoluper]

envelopment n

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

Translations

envelop [ɪnˈvɛləp] vt → envolver

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envelop [ɪnˈvɛləp] vt → envelopper

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envelop [ɪnˈvɛləp] vt → einhüllen

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envelop [ɪnˈvɛləp] vt → avvolgere, avviluppare

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envelop

v envelop [inˈveləp]

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

envelop , without an -e , is a verb.

envelope , with an -e is a noun.