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Adjective: enveloping  in've-lu-ping
  1. Surrounding and closing in on or hemming in
    "the army's enveloping manoeuvre"
Verb: envelop  in've-lup
  1. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    "Fog enveloped the house"
    - enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose

See also: close, envelopment

Type of: cover

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