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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrap |
| Synonyms: | absorb, captivate, cloak, consume, drape, embosom, embrace, enclose, enfold, engage, engross, enshroud, enthrall, envelop, fascinate, immerse, infold, involve, shroud, soak, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap up |
| Main Entry: | drape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang over, adorn |
| Synonyms: | array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fold, hang, lean over, let fall, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, suspend, swathe, wrap |
| Antonyms: | undrape |
| Main Entry: | enfold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embrace, hug |
| Synonyms: | bear hug, cinch, clasp, clinch, clutch, cover, drape, encase, enclose, encompass, enshroud, envelop, envelope, enwrap, fold, girdle, grab, hold, invest, press, shroud, squeeze, surround, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | let go |
| Main Entry: | envelop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encase, hide |
| Synonyms: | blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, enwrap, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, overspread, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up |
| Notes: | envelop is the verb; envelope is the noun |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap |
| Main Entry: | swaddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swathe |
| Synonyms: | bundle, clothe, cover, enwrap, sheathe, wrap |
| Main Entry: | infold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrap |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bandage, bind*, bundle, bundle up, camouflage, cloak, clothe, cover, drape, encase, encircle, enclose, enfold, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, fold, gift-wrap, hide, immerse, invest, mask, muffle, pack, package, protect, roll, roll up, sheathe, shelter, shroud, swaddle, swathe, twine, veil, wind, wrap up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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