envelop
verb /ɪnˈveləp/
/ɪnˈveləp/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they envelop | /ɪnˈveləp/ /ɪnˈveləp/ |
| he / she / it envelops | /ɪnˈveləps/ /ɪnˈveləps/ |
| past simple enveloped | /ɪnˈveləpt/ /ɪnˈveləpt/ |
| past participle enveloped | /ɪnˈveləpt/ /ɪnˈveləpt/ |
| -ing form enveloping | /ɪnˈveləpɪŋ/ /ɪnˈveləpɪŋ/ |
- envelop somebody/something (in something) to wrap somebody/something up or cover them or it completely
- She was enveloped in a huge white towel.
- Clouds enveloped the mountain tops.
- Darkness fell and enveloped the town.
- A feeling of despair enveloped him.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEnvelop is used with these nouns as the subject:- cloud
- darkness
- fog
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as invelop(e)): from Old French envoluper, from en- ‘in’ + a second element (also found in develop) of unknown origin.