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Check pronunciation: enfold. Definition of enfold verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "ENFOLD": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
enfold. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English en‧fold /ɪnˈfəʊld $ -ˈfoʊld/ verb [ transitive] formal to cover or surround someone or something completely The wizard screamed as the darkness enfolded him. He reached out to enfold her in his arms. → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus enfold • Their eyes are large with ...
What does the verb enfold mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb enfold , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
1. : to cover (someone or something) completely. The dish is made of vegetables enfolded in a pastry crust. We watched as darkness enfolded the city. 2. : to hold (someone or something) in your arms. He enfolded the child in his arms. [=he hugged the child]
1. transitive verb. If something enfolds an object or person, it covers, surrounds, or is wrapped around that object or person. [literary] Aurora felt the opium haze enfold her. Winona was now comfortably enfolded in a woolly dressing-gown. Synonyms: wrap, surround, enclose, wrap up More Synonyms of enfold. 2. transitive verb.
A year ago, when Syrian government troops first tried to enter Jebel Zawiya, a region south-west of Aleppo where rugged hills enfold 33 villages, a handyman called Jamal Marouf gathered seven men and set off to fight the intruders.
