| VERB | contact | envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose | enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering |
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| Sounds | ihnveh'lahp | |
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| Rhymes | archbishop ... worship: 69 rhymes with ahp... | |
| 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 | |
| Example | "Fog enveloped the house" | |
| Synonyms | enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose | |
| Narrower | bathe | suffuse with or as if with light |
| 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 |
| Spanish | envolver, fajar | |
| Catalan | embolicar | |
| Nouns | envelopment | the act of enclosing something inside something else |
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