English verb: envelop | |||
| 1. | envelop (contact) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | ||
| Samples | Fog enveloped the house. | ||
| Synonyms | enclose, enfold, enwrap, wrap | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bathe, benight, capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize, cocoon, cover, engulf, enshroud, hide, sheathe, shroud, tube | ||