Definition of envelops Envelops

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Verb envelops, envelopping, envelopped
envelop - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
		enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
		cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
		benight make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
		tube place or enclose in a tube
		capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize enclose in a capsule
		engulf flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"
		sheathe plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
		cocoon wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection
		bathe cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
		enshroud, shroud, hide, cover wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"

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envelop (v. t.)
To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship.
envelop (n.)
That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.
envelop (n.)
The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.
envelop (n.)
A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.
envelop (n.)
A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents.
envelop (n.)
A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine.

envelop
en-vel′up, v.t. to cover by wrapping: to surround entirely: to hide.—n. Envelope (en′vel-ōp, sometimes, but quite unnecessarily, äng′vel-ōp), that which envelops, wraps, or covers, esp. the cover of a letter.—adj. Envel′oped (her.), entwined, as with serpents, laurels, &c.—n. Envel′opment, a wrapping or covering on all sides. [O. Fr. enveloper; origin obscure. Skeat refers it to the assumed Teut. root of M. E. wlappen, Eng. lap.]