Envelop

Quick meaning: Envelop is a verb meaning (transitive) To surround, enclose or enfold.

Meaning

(transitive) To surround, enclose or enfold.

Example Sentences

(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.

Then we trundle along a railway enveloped in trees for much of its route, before the river widens, allowing unobstructed views as the line hugs one bank before arriving at Looe, where the single platform is just long enough to fit a two-car Class 150.

The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.

In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.

Word Forms

• envelops
• enveloping
• enveloped
• envelope

Synonyms for envelop

Depending on context, synonyms include wrap, enclose, enwrap, enfold.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include enfold, enwrap, enclose, wrap, encompass, surround.

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