ENFOLD


Meaning of ENFOLD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnfoʊld ]

( 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

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