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envelops

verb , present tense third-person singular of envelop

Synonyms and Antonyms of envelops

1 to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city

Synonyms of envelops

boxes (in), cages, closets, coops (up), corrals, encages, encases, encloses (also incloses), fences (in), hedges, hems (in), houses, immures, includes, mews (up), pens, walls (in)

Words Related to envelops

bounds, circumscribes, confines, contains, limits, restricts

encircles, encompasses, enfolds, enframes, enlaces, frames, rings, surrounds

armors, cocoons, encapsulates, encapsules, encysts, ensheathes, enspheres, enwombs

2 to surround or cover closely

the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories

Synonyms of envelops

bosoms, bowers, circumfuses, cocoons, embosoms, embowers, embraces, encloses (also incloses), encompasses, enfolds, enshrouds, enswathes, enwraps, invests, involves, laps, mantles, muffles, shrouds, swathes, veils, wraps

Words Related to envelops

curtains, drapes

embeds (also imbeds), encases

blankets, overlays, overspreads

camouflages, cloaks, disguises, masks

circles, encircles, enlaces, enwinds

Near Antonyms of envelops

bares, denudes, exposes, strips

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