Antonyms for enveloping

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb en-vel-uhp; noun en-vel-uhp, en-vuh-luhp, ahn-

Phonetic Transcription : verb ɛnˈvɛl əp; noun ɛnˈvɛl əp, ˈɛn və ləp, ˈɑn-

Definition of enveloping

Origin : late 14c., envolupen, "be involved in," from Old French envoleper (10c., Modern French envelopper) "envelop, cover; fold up," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + voloper "wrap up," of uncertain origin, perhaps Celtic (see Gamillscheg, Diez). Literal sense is from 1580s. Related: Enveloped; enveloping.

verb encase, hide

Example sentences :

He crossed over, emerging out of the shadows into her enveloping radiance.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

He thought kindly of the enveloping mob that had kept him hidden from Allis, as he thought.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

The darkness was like a cloud down there, enveloping the outer brigands.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

Immediately afterwards, however, the obscurity was enveloping.
Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Then the breeze dropped, and the fog fell thick and enveloping.
Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope

But always there was this enveloping cloak of ignorance baffling him at every turn.
Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts

A great weight, soft and enveloping, seemed to drop upon me.
Extract from : « The Infra-Medians » by Sewell Peaslee Wright

Masaccio, also, was the first to place his figures in air, enveloping them in atmosphere.
Extract from : « The Gate of Appreciation » by Carleton Noyes

Her enveloping white apron was splashed and soaked with blood.
Extract from : « A Sheaf of Corn » by Mary E. Mann

Vittoria raised her arms as if she felt the thing to be enveloping her.
Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith

Synonyms for enveloping

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