envelop
To surround, enclose or enfoldTo surround, enclose or enfold.
» Some of these cellular modifications also include changes to the membranes that envelop the microbe and protect it from its hostile environment.
Meaning
1 sensesTo surround, enclose or enfold.
einhüllen, umhüllen
окружа́тьokružátʹ, обволакиватьobvolakivatʹ
огорта́тиohortáty, огорну́тиohornúty, обгорта́тиobhortáty
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
Examples
1 sentencesSome of these cellular modifications also include changes to the membranes that envelop the microbe and protect it from its hostile environment.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopFrom Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper), from en- + voloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare; Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vuloppare (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlappaną, *wrappaną (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) http://www.wordnik.com/words/envelop. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), Danish dialectal vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). Doublet of enwrap.
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Forms
envelops, enveloping, enveloped, envelopedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle