enswathing

verb

present participle of enswathe
as in wrapping
to surround or cover closely swelling buds still enswathed in their furry overcoats

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enswathing
  1. wrapping
  2. enveloping
  3. shrouding
  4. enclosing
Verb
  • The Chicks are currently wrapping their Taking the Long Way 20th anniversary tour in celebration of their album.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The building plays with massing by continuing the expression of the base along one side and wrapping the tower at the top.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of wrapping
Verb
  • Silvestrov’s melancholic strings soared around him, enveloping the duo in their sense of pining.
    — Lucy Gellman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
  • There was, instead, a stillness so enveloping that John Carpenter could have shot a lifetime of movies there.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of enveloping
Verb
  • Congressional leaders, wired to protect their own and afraid of upsetting their narrow margins, are famous for shrouding ethics investigations in secrecy and dragging them out for years.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Advertisement Israel has bombed oil depots in Tehran, shrouding the city in toxic black smoke, and attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of shrouding
Verb
  • The attack is not so much a matter of precision as enclosing an area—hopefully a space that the fly is within when her jaws slap shut.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each petal serves both structural and aesthetic purposes, enclosing a vast central hall that can accommodate up to 2,500 worshippers.
    — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of enclosing
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