Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To cover with or as if with folds; envelop.
  • transitive verb To hold within limits; enclose.
  • transitive verb To embrace.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See infold.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To infold. See infold.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To fold something around; to envelop
  • verb To embrace

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

Etymologies

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en- +‎ fold

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Examples

  • The grass rushed to him, like a long-departed lover ready to embrace him, enfold him in a clutch that would never release.

    A LIFE UNDONE • by Robert J. Santa 2009

  • Once you've done so, take a moment to imagine how 2012 will enfold, following this wisdom as it's revealed itself in your own guidelines.

    Jinny Ditzler: 2012: Making New Year's Resolutions That Last Jinny Ditzler 2012

  • Then the One Who Is Past And Future knew regret, and sent the Spirit to enfold these Last of Beasts and brought them to the site where their kin lay lifeless.

    Apocrypha « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009

  • His fur seemed to slide beneath his skin, the skin stretching to enfold it.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Like an enormous woman with folds of warm flesh, I felt her enfold me.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Like an enormous woman with folds of warm flesh, I felt her enfold me.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • Perception is that ongoing efforts by the established community (Anglo/Hispanic alike) to embrace/enfold the newcomers has been rebuffed.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Disagreement Need Not Equal Discourtesy 2010

  • Leah allowed Margery to enfold her in her comforting embrace, once more giving herself over to the tears that had taken so long to find their release.

    Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011

  • His lips press and his arms enfold not her so much as the ideal of her, and unless she unmake herself, he cannot unlove her.

    The Kempton-Wace Letters 2010

  • Like an enormous woman with folds of warm flesh, I felt her enfold me.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

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