enfold

en·fold

verb \in-ˈfōld, en-\

Definition of ENFOLD

transitive verb

1

a : to cover with or as if with folds : envelop b : to surround with a covering : contain

2

: to clasp within the arms : embrace

Examples of ENFOLD

1. The dish is made of vegetables enfolded in a pastry crust.
2. We watched as darkness enfolded the city.

First Known Use of ENFOLD

1566

Related to ENFOLD

Synonyms: bosom, bower, circumfuse, cocoon, embosom, embower, embrace, enclose (also inclose), encompass, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, invest, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, shroud, swathe, veil, wrap

Related Words: curtain, drape; embed (also imbed), encase; swaddle; blanket, overlay, overspread; camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask; circle, encircle, enlace, enwind

Near Antonyms: bare, denude, expose, strip

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Rhymes with ENFOLD

acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold