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ENFOLD
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they enfold ... he / she / it enfolds
Past simple: enfolded
-ing form: enfolding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
Example:
Fog enveloped the house
Synonyms:
enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "enfold" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enfold"):
benight (envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness)
tube (place or enclose in a tube)
capsulate; capsule; capsulise; capsulize (enclose in a capsule)
engulf (flow over or cover completely)
sheathe (enclose with a sheath)
cocoon (wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection)
bathe (suffuse or envelope with something)
cover; enshroud; hide; shroud (cover as if with a shroud)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
enfolding (the action of enfolding something)