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envelop: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com

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.

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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