envelop: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
tr.v., -oped, -op·ing, -ops.
- To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: “Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city” (Curtis Wilkie).
- 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
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يلف, يغلف (الاسم) ظرف, غلاف
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