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encompass
To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
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  1. To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
  2. To have as part of something larger; include:
  3. To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
cover
To put a cover or covering on:
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  1. To put a cover or covering on:
  2. To defend (a position or area):
  3. To record or perform a cover of
conceal
To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
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  1. To keep from being observed or discovered; hide.
  2. To put out of sight; hide
enfold
To cover with or as if with folds; envelop.
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  1. To cover with or as if with folds; envelop.
  2. To fold something around; to envelop
  3. To wrap in folds; wrap up; envelop
enwrap
To absorb completely; engross:
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  1. To absorb completely; engross:
  2. To wrap around, surround; to envelop
  3. To wrap; envelop
infold
To fold inward.
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  1. To fold inward.
  2. To clasp with the arms; embrace.
  3. To wrap up or inwrap; involve; inclose; enfold or envelop.
invest
(Rare) To vest or settle (a power or right) in a person, legislative body, etc.
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  1. (Rare) To vest or settle (a power or right) in a person, legislative body, etc.
  2. To put (money) into business, real estate, stocks, bonds, etc. for the purpose of obtaining an income or profit
  3. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit:
roll
To move or send on wheels or rollers
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  1. To move or send on wheels or rollers
  2. To cause to begin moving or operating:
  3. To start to move or operate:
swaddle
To wrap, as in cloth:
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  1. To wrap, as in cloth:
  2. To wrap (a newborn baby) in swaddling clothes, a blanket, etc., as to calm it
  3. To wrap or bind in bandages; swathe.
swathe
To wrap (a bandage, etc.) around something
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  1. To wrap (a bandage, etc.) around something
  2. To wrap, as in layers of cloth:
  3. To wrap or bind in bandages.
wrap
To cover, envelop, or encase, as by folding or coiling something about:
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  1. To cover, envelop, or encase, as by folding or coiling something about:
  2. To clasp, fold, or coil about something:
  3. To enclose, especially in paper, and fasten:
cloak
To conceal; hide
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  1. To conceal; hide
  2. To cover with or as with a cloak
  3. To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak:
clothe
To cover as if with clothing:
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  1. To cover as if with clothing:
  2. To put clothes on; dress:
  3. To put clothes on; dress
enfold
To cover with or as if with folds; envelop.
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  1. To cover with or as if with folds; envelop.
  2. To fold something around; to envelop
  3. To wrap in folds; wrap up; envelop
enshroud
To cover with or as if with a shroud:
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  1. To cover with or as if with a shroud:
  2. To cover as if with a shroud; hide; veil; obscure
enwrap
To absorb completely; engross:
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  1. To absorb completely; engross:
  2. To wrap around, surround; to envelop
  3. To wrap; envelop
infold
To fold inward.
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  1. To fold inward.
  2. To clasp with the arms; embrace.
  3. To wrap up or inwrap; involve; inclose; enfold or envelop.
invest
(Rare) To vest or settle (a power or right) in a person, legislative body, etc.
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  1. (Rare) To vest or settle (a power or right) in a person, legislative body, etc.
  2. To put (money) into business, real estate, stocks, bonds, etc. for the purpose of obtaining an income or profit
  3. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit:
shroud
To take cover; find shelter.
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  1. To take cover; find shelter.
  2. To wrap (a corpse) in burial clothing.
  3. To wrap (a corpse) in a shroud
veil
A membranous covering or part, especially a membrane surrounding the young mushrooms of certain basidiomycete fungi. In some species the membrane (called a partial veil ) extends only from the stalk to the cap. As the cap expands, the veil breaks, leaving a ring called an annulus on the stalk and often scalelike pieces on the cap. These veil remnants are important for identifying species of mushrooms.
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  1. A membranous covering or part, especially a membrane surrounding the young mushrooms of certain basidiomycete fungi. In some species the membrane (called a partial veil ) extends only from the stalk to the cap. As the cap expands, the veil breaks, leaving a ring called an annulus on the stalk and often scalelike pieces on the cap. These veil remnants are important for identifying species of mushrooms.
  2. To conceal, hide, disguise, screen, obscure, etc.
  3. To wear a veil.
wrap
To arrange or fold (something) about as cover or protection:
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  1. To arrange or fold (something) about as cover or protection:
  2. To enclose, especially in paper, and fasten:
  3. To clasp, fold, or coil about something:
besiege
To harass or overwhelm, as with requests:
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  1. To harass or overwhelm, as with requests:
  2. To crowd around; hem in:
  3. To hem in with armed forces, esp. for a sustained attack; lay siege to
close in
To enclose, lock up inside something.
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  1. To enclose, lock up inside something.
enclose
To fence in so as to prevent common use:
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  1. To fence in so as to prevent common use:
  2. To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
  3. To surround on all sides; close in:
hedge
To hide behind words; refuse to commit oneself or give a direct answer
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  1. To hide behind words; refuse to commit oneself or give a direct answer
  2. To enclose or bound with or as if with hedges.
  3. To hem in, hinder, or restrict with or as if with a hedge.
hem
To fold back the edge of and sew down; put a hem or hems on
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  1. To fold back the edge of and sew down; put a hem or hems on
  2. To surround and shut in; enclose:
  3. To utter a hem.
Find another word for envelop. In this page you can discover 35 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for envelop, like: encompass, wrap-up, cover, conceal, enclose, hide, surround, wrap, enfold, enwrap and infold.

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  • Army and try once more to envelop the Italian left wing.

  • At other times, as in the petals of Camellia, the parts envelop each other completely, so as to become convolute.

  • Nureddin pursued in his policy the tactics which the Mahommedans used against the Franks in battle: he sought to envelop their territories on every side.

  • The name "Kurile" is derived from the Russian kurit (to smoke), in allusion to the active volcanic character of the group. The dense fogs that envelop these islands, and the violence of the currents in their vicinity, have greatly hindered exploration, so that little is known of their physiography.

  • The vaccine is usually made by sterilizing a virulent culture and the proper dose is ascertained by noting 'the extent to which the power of the leucocytes to envelop and digest the microbes is increased.

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