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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1566 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also infold) 1 (usu. foll. by in, with) wrap up; envelop. 2 clasp, embrace.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Infold In*fold" (?n-f?ld"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Infolding.] [Pref. in- in + fold.] [Written also enfold.] 1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. --Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. --Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold thee to my heart. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Enfold En*fold", v. t. To infold. See Infold.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(enfolds, enfolding, enfolded) 1. If something enfolds an object or person, they cover, surround, or are wrapped around that object or person. (LITERARY) Aurora felt the opium haze enfold her... Wood was now comfortably enfolded in a woolly dressing-gown. VERB: V n, be V-ed in n, also V n in n 2. If you enfold someone or something, you hold them close in a very gentle, loving way. (LITERARY) Thack came up behind him, enfolding him in his arms. VERB: V n in n, also V n

Moby Thesaurus

bosom, box, case, clasp, clinch, clip, close, compass, compass about, comprise, contain, cover, crate, crease, crimp, crisp, dog-ear, double, double over, drape, embay, embed, embosom, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encircle, enclasp, enclose, encompass, enshroud, envelop, environ, enwrap, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, frill, gather, gird, girdle, go around, go round, hug, include, infold, interfold, internalize, invest, involve, keep within, lap, lap over, pack, package, plait, plat, pleat, plicate, ply, press, put in, quill, ruff, ruffle, sheathe, shroud, smother, squeeze, surround, swaddle, swathe, tuck, turn over, twill, veil, wrap, wrap about, wrap up