English > enfold: 1 sense > verb 1, contact| Meaning | enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | envelop, enwrap, wrap, enclose |
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| Narrower | bathe | suffuse with or as if with light |
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| benight | envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness |
| capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise | enclose in a capsule |
| cocoon | wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection |
| engulf | Flow over or cover completely |
| sheathe | enclose with a sheath |
| shroud, enshroud, hide, cover | Cover as if with a shroud |
| tube | place or enclose in a tube |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
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| Spanish | envolver, fajar |
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| Catalan | embolicar |
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| Nouns | enfolding | the action of enfolding something |
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