The world has not escaped from the darkness. The long shadows of conflict and crisis envelop us still. But we meet today in an atmosphere of rising hope, and at a moment of comparative calm.
Source: tatoeba (8304201)
Envelop
//ɛnˈvɛləp//
Synonyms for "envelop" (126 found)
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Translations
45 translations across 21 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qaplamaq verb (to surround or enclose)
- çulğalamaq verb (to surround or enclose)
Bulgarian
2 entries- обвивам verb (to surround or enclose)
- обгръщам verb (to surround or enclose)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 包围 verb (to surround or enclose)
- 包裹 verb (to surround or enclose)
- 籠罩 /笼罩 verb (to surround or enclose)
Dutch
2 entries- omhullen verb (to surround or enclose)
- omvatten verb (to surround or enclose)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- аваш verb (to surround or enclose)
Finnish
1 entries- sulkea verb (to surround or enclose)
French
1 entries- envelopper verb (to surround or enclose)
German
2 entries- einhüllen verb (to surround or enclose)
- umhüllen verb (to surround or enclose)
Greek
4 entries- περιβάλλω verb (to surround or enclose)
- περικυκλώνω verb (to surround or enclose)
- περιτυλίγω verb (to surround or enclose)
- τυλίγω verb (to surround or enclose)
Hungarian
4 entries- beborít verb (to surround or enclose)
- beburkol verb (to surround or enclose)
- bekerít verb (to surround or enclose)
- körbevesz verb (to surround or enclose)
Italian
2 entries- avviluppare verb (to surround or enclose)
- circondare verb (to surround or enclose)
Japanese
1 entries- 立ち込める verb (to surround or enclose)
Malayalam
1 entries- പൊതിയുക verb (to surround or enclose)
Māori
1 entries- kōpaki verb (to surround or enclose)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- innelukke verb (to surround or enclose)
- omgi verb (to surround or enclose)
- omringe verb (to surround or enclose)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صارمق verb (to surround or enclose)
Portuguese
1 entries- envolver verb (to surround or enclose)
Russian
2 entries- обволакивать verb (to surround or enclose)
- окружа́ть verb (to surround or enclose)
Spanish
1 entries- envolver verb (to surround or enclose)
Thai
1 entries- ห่อหุ้ม verb (to surround or enclose)
Ukrainian
4 entries- обволокти́ verb (to surround or enclose)
- обволіка́ти verb (to surround or enclose)
- обгорну́ти verb (to surround or enclose)
- обгорта́ти verb (to surround or enclose)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Some of these cellular modifications also include changes to the membranes that envelop the microbe and protect it from its hostile environment.
Source: tatoeba (10876874)
In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.
Source: wiktionary
(b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
Source: wiktionary
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