Enveloping

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  enveloping \enveloping\ adj.
     1. surrounding closely on all sides.
  
     Syn: ambient, encompassing, surrounding(prenominal).
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Envelop \En*vel"op\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enveloped}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Enveloping}.] [OE. envolupen, envolipen, OF.
     envoluper, envoleper, F. envelopper; pref. en- (L. in) +
     voluper, voleper. See {Develop}.]
     To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within
     a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround
     entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops
     a ship.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Nocturnal shades this world envelop.     --J. Philips.
     Envelope

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  enveloping \enveloping\ n.
     the act or process of enclosing something inside something
     else.
  
     Syn: enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enveloping
       adj : surrounding and closing in on or hemming in; "the army's
             enveloping maneuver" [syn: {enveloping(a)}]