envelop

tr.v., -oped, -op·ing, -ops.

1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" (Curtis Wilkie).
2. To attack (an enemy's flank).

[Middle English envolupen, to be involved in, from Old French envoluper, envoloper : en-, in; see en-¹ + voloper, to wrap up.]

enveloper en·vel'op·er n.
envelopment en·vel'op·ment n.

verb

1. To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages: enfold, enwrap, infold, invest, roll, swaddle, swathe, wrap, wrap up. See put on/take off.
2. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure: cloak, clothe, enfold, enshroud, enwrap, infold, invest, shroud, veil, wrap. See show/hide.
3. To surround and advance upon: besiege, close in, enclose, hedge, hem. See open/close.

v

Definition: encase, hide
Antonyms: free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap

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(DOD, NATO) An offensive maneuver in which the main attacking force passes around or over the enemy's principal defensive positions to secure objectives to the enemy's rear. See also turning movement.

IN BRIEF: To enclose completely.

White pages of rain envelop the sky, and fishing boats off the Island of the Emperor Chin disappear on the ocean. — Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976).

Tutor's tip: The postal "envelope" (a wrapper, a covering) was not big enough to "envelop" (to wrap up; to cover completely) the catalogs for mailing.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indsvøbe, skjule, pakke ind, omringe, indkredse, lægge i konvolut
n. - kuvert , konvolut, hylster

Nederlands (Dutch)
omhullen, aanvallen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) envelopper
n. - (Biol, Bot) enveloppe, tunique, (Math) enveloppe, enveloppe (d'une lettre, d'une montgolfière)

Deutsch (German)
v. - einhüllen
n. - Hülle, Briefumschlag

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περιβάλλω, (περι)τυλίγω, (περι)καλύπτω, σκεπάζω, περιτύλιξη
n. - περιτύλιξη

Italiano (Italian)
avviluppare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - embrulhar, cobrir, cercar (Mil.)
n. - envelope (m)

Русский (Russian)
обертывать, окутывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - envolver
n. - sobre, envoltura, revestimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - svepa
n. - insvepande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
包封, 包围, 遮盖

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 包封, 包圍, 遮蓋

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 싸다, 봉하다, 포위하다, 감추다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 包む, 覆い隠す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلف, يغلف (الاسم) ظرف, غلاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עטף‬

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