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[ adjective ] surrounding and closing in on or hemming in
Examples "the army's enveloping maneuver" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)And the rebellion of these third generation Jews is not the traditional conflict of culture but , rather , a protest against a culture that they view_as softly and insidiously enveloping . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid
Synonyms Examples "the enveloping darkness" "hills concealed by shrouding mists" Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)She stood_up , smoothing her hair down , straightening her clothes , feeling a thankfulness for the enveloping darkness outside , and , above everything else , for the absence of the need to answer , to respond , to be aware even of Stowey coming_in or going_out , and yet , now that she was beginning to cook , she glimpsed a future without him , a future alone like this , and the pain made her head writhe , and in_a_moment she found it hard to wait for Lucretia to come with her guests . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of enclosing something inside something else
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