enfolded
past simple and past participle ofenfold
enfold
verb[T]
literaryuk/ɪnˈfəʊld/us/ɪnˈfoʊld/tocloselyholdorcompletelycoversomeone or something:
He enfolded herinhisarms.
Synonyms
envelopliterary
wrap
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enclose
Having in your hands
- ahold
- arm
- chokehold
- clasp
- clench
- cling
- cup
- dandle
- grasp
- grip
- hand in handidiom
- handle
- hang
- hang on
- hang/hold on like grim deathidiom
- nurse
- onto
- purchase
- seize
- taken
Examplesofenfolded
enfolded
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The spiral stair-tower isenfoldedby these forms, like an infant in the protective embrace of its parents.
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In fact, they areenfoldedinto the integrals corresponding to diagrams 2 and 10, respectively.
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The materialisation of his image isenfoldedwithin the final cadence of the act, within a kinetic goal-orientated process.
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We are simply human beings,enfoldedin weakness and in hope, called together to change our world one hear t at a time.
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South-east massing including dining facade, spiral stair-tower and side elevation of east wing: children's spiral stair rhymes with baby tower and isenfoldedby 'parental' gableforms. 19g.
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They have become part of the countryside which at one time they dominated and by which they are nowenfolded.
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The inflorescence is a panicle often partlyenfoldedin the narrow sheath of the uppermost leaf.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The buds areenfoldedin a pair of bracteoles which usually fall away as the flower blooms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This dear house hasenfoldedand remodeled our family characterexposing our limitations as well as our virtues.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was shrouded in a white, laced peignoir, her hair, unfastened and reaching to the floor,enfoldedher entire body.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His caring for his audiencesenfoldedthem early in the evening and then, carried by his guitar, songs, stories and humor, the audience would leave wanting more.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its posterior prostatic course through the prominent folds or plications of the oviduct is tubular, thence open, but for a short distanceenfoldedon all sides by the above-mentioned plications.
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