verb
Meaning 1
To wrap around, surround; to envelop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lap
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
enwrap
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rhymes with -æp
verb
Meaning 2
To absorb completely or engross.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Fog enveloped the house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: envelop, enfold, wrap, enclose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
Narrower terms: benight, tube, capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise, engulf, sheathe, cocoon, bathe, shroud, enshroud, hide, cover
History
Etymology
From Middle English enwrappen, inwrappen (“to wrap in”), equivalent to en- + wrap. Compare also Middle English inwlappen (See lap, “to enwrap”). More at en-, wrap. Cognate via Old French with envelop, envelope. Doublet of envelop.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: увивам (uvivam) — To wrap around, surround
- Bulgarian: загръщам (zagrǎštam) — To wrap around, surround
- German: einhüllen — To wrap around, surround
- German: einwickeln — To wrap around, surround
- German: umhüllen — To wrap around, surround