envelop
11envelop — UK [ɪnˈveləp] / US / US [enˈveləp] verb [transitive] Word forms envelop : present tense I/you/we/they envelop he/she/it envelops present participle enveloping past tense enveloped past participle enveloped to surround someone or something… …
12Envelop — Envelope En vel*ope (?; 277), Envelop En*vel op (?; 277), n. [F. enveloppe.] 1. That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
13envelop — See envelop, envelope …
14envelop — verb Envelop is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cloud, ↑darkness, ↑fog, ↑silence …
15envelop — en|vel|op [ınˈveləp] v [T] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: envoloper, from voloper to wrap ] to cover or wrap something or someone up completely envelop in ▪ mountain peaks enveloped in mist ▪ the enveloping darkness …
16envelop — en•vel•op [[t]ɛnˈvɛl əp[/t]] 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) mil to attack (an enemy s flank) • Etymology: 1350–1400; < OF envoluper= en I+voloper to envelop… …
17envelop, envelope — The first, of these words, a verb meaning to encase, enclose, or surround, is pronounced en VEL uhp. The noun envelope, meaning something that envelops, an enclosing wrapping, is pronounced EN vuh lohp, ON vuh lohp, or AHN vuh lohp : Clouds will… …
18envelop — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English envolupen, from Anglo French envoluper, envoleper, from en + voluper to wrap Date: 14th century 1. to enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering 2. to mount an attack on (an enemy s flank) …
19envelop — verb /ɛnˈvɛləp/ To surround or enclose. (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base …
20envelop — Synonyms and related words: apparel, array, attire, becloud, bedeck, bedrape, befog, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blanket, blind, blockade, box, bundle up, cage, camouflage, case, cloak, close, clothe, cloud, compass, compass about, conceal, coop,… …
