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envelop
verb
1 envelop
Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering:
— Fog enveloped the house.
synonyms: enclose, enfold, enwrap, wrap.
Dutch: inwikkelen, inpakken, omvatten, inkapselen, omhullen, omsluieren
Moby thesaurus: apparel, array, attire, becloud, bedeck, bedrape, befog, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blanket, blind, blockade, box, bundle up, cage, camouflage, case, cloak, close, clothe, cloud, compass, compass about, conceal, coop, corral, cover, cover up, crate, curtain, deck, dight, disguise, dissemble, distract attention from, drape, dress, dud, eclipse, embay, embosom, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encircle, enclasp, enclose, enclothe, encompass, endue, enfold, engulf, enrobe, ensconce, enshroud, enswathe, environ, enwrap, fence, garb, garment, gloss over, go around, go round, guard, habilitate, harass, harry, hedge, hem, hide, immure, invest, involve, keep under cover, lap, lay siege to, mask, muffle up, obfuscate, obscure, occult, pack, package, pen, protect, rag out, raiment, robe, roll, screen, shade, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, slur over, smother, soften up, surround, swaddle, swathe, tire, varnish, veil, whitewash, wrap, wrap about, wrap up ... show more.
envelope
noun
1 envelope
A flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc..
Roget 223:
covering,
cover;
baldachin,
baldachino†,
baldaquin†;
canopy,
tilt,
awning,
tent,
marquee,
tente d'abri [Fr.],
umbrella,
parasol,
sunshade;
veil
(shade)
424;
shield
etc.
(defense)
717.
roof,
ceiling,
thatch,
tile;
pantile,
pentile†;
tiling,
slates,
slating,
leads;
barrack [U.S.],
plafond,
planchment [U.S.],
tiling,
shed
etc.
(abode)
189.
top,
lid,
covercle†,
door,
operculum;
bulkhead [U.S.].
bandage,
plaster,
lint,
wrapping,
dossil†,
finger stall.
coverlet,
counterpane,
sheet,
quilt,
tarpaulin,
blanket,
rug,
drugget†;
housing;
antimacassar,
eiderdown,
numdah†,
pillowcase,
pillowslip†;
linoleum;
saddle cloth,
blanket cloth;
tidy;
tilpah [U.S.],
apishamore [U.S.].
integument,
tegument;
skin,
pellicle,
fleece,
fell,
fur,
leather,
shagreen†,
hide;
pelt,
peltry†;
cordwain†;
derm†;
robe,
buffalo robe [U.S.];
cuticle,
scarfskin,
epidermis.
clothing
etc.
225;
mask
etc.
(concealment)
530.
peel,
crust,
bark,
rind,
cortex,
husk,
shell,
coat;
eggshell,
glume†.
capsule;
sheath,
sheathing;
pod,
cod;
casing,
case,
theca†;
elytron†;
elytrum†;
involucrum [Lat.];
wrapping,
wrapper;
envelope,
vesicle;
corn husk,
corn shuck [U.S.];
dermatology,
conchology;
testaceology†.
inunction†;
incrustation,
superimposition,
superposition,
obduction†;
scale
etc.
(layer)
204.
[specific coverings]
veneer,
facing;
overlay;
plate,
silver plate,
gold plate,
copper plate;
engobe†;
ormolu;
Sheffield plate;
pavement;
coating,
paint;
varnish
etc.
(resin)
216.1;
plating,
barrel plating,
anointing
etc.
v.;
enamel;
epitaxial deposition [Eng.],
vapor deposition;
ground,
whitewash,
plaster,
spackel,
stucco,
compo;
cerement;
ointment
etc.
(grease)
356.
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Roget 229:
circumscription,
limitation,
inclosure;
confinement
etc.
(restraint)
751;
circumvallation†;
encincture;
envelope
etc.
232.
container
(receptacle)
191.
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Roget 232:
inclosure,
envelope;
case
etc.
(receptacle)
191;
wrapper;
girdle
etc.
230.
pen,
fold;
pen fold,
in fold,
sheep fold;
paddock,
pound;
corral;
yard;
net,
seine net.
wall,
hedge,
hedge row;
espalier;
fence
etc.
(defense)
717;
pale,
paling,
balustrade,
rail,
railing,
quickset hedge,
park paling,
circumvallation†,
enceinte,
ring fence.
barrier,
barricade;
gate,
gateway;
bent,
dingle [U.S.];
door,
hatch,
cordon;
prison
etc.
752.
dike,
dyke,
ditch,
fosse†,
moat.
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Dutch: couvert, briefomslag, envelop, enveloppe, omslag
Polish: koperta
2 envelope
3 envelope
A curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves.
Dutch: briefomslag
Polish: obwiednia
4 envelope
A natural covering (as by a fluid).
Polish: okrywa
5 envelope
The maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft).
6 envelope
The bag containing the gas in a balloon.
synonym: gasbag.
Dutch: omslag
verb
Roget 225:
invest;
cover
etc.
223;
envelope,
lap,
involve;
inwrap†,
enwrap;
wrap;
fold up,
wrap up,
lap up,
muffle up;
overlap;
sheath,
swathe,
swaddle,
roll up in,
circumvest.
vest,
clothe,
array,
dress,
dight†,
drape,
robe,
enrobe,
attire,
apparel,
accounter†,
rig,
fit out;
deck
etc.
(ornament)
847;
perk,
equip,
harness,
caparison.
wear;
don;
put on,
huddle on,
slip on;
mantle.
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enveloped
Moby thesaurus: armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, compassed, coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enclosed, encompassed, enfolded, environed, enwrapped, filmed, floored, hooded, housed, lapped, loricate, loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted, packaged, paved, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed, shelled, shielded, shrouded, surrounded, swathed, tented, under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in, wrapped, wreathed ... show more.
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