envelop (redirected from envelopments)

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 [ɪnˈvɛləp]

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

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

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 the thick black cloud of smoke that enveloped the area

Translations

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)

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

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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 감싸다 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.