Meaning of "envelop" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ENVELOP

From Old French envoluper, from en-1 + voluper, voloper, of obscure origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ENVELOP

envelop  [ɪnˈvɛləp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENVELOP

Envelop is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb envelop in English.

WHAT DOES ENVELOP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Envelopment

Envelopment is the military tactic of surrounding the enemy in the field so that they are isolated in a pocket. The friendly forces can choose to attack the pocket or invest it and wait for a beleaguered enemy to surrender. To achieve an envelopment several different tactics can be employed: ▪ A flanking maneuver can envelop an enemy force if some form of obstacle prevents the enemy from retreating or obtaining supplies. ▪ A pincer movement consists of two simultaneous flanking maneuvers which encircle an enemy. Early in World War II the Germans frequently employed this tactic and encircled huge numbers of the enemy during the Blitzkrieg attacks on both the Western Front during the Battle of France and during Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front. ▪ A retreat where the enemy advances and then is attacked by friendly forces in the rear as happened at the Battle of Cannae. ▪ A vertical envelopment is "a tactical maneuver in which troops, either air-dropped or air-landed, attack the rear and flanks of a force, in effect cutting off or encircling the force".

Definition of envelop in the English dictionary

The first definition of envelop in the dictionary is to wrap or enclose in or as if in a covering. Other definition of envelop is to conceal or obscure, as from sight or understanding. Envelop is also to surround or partially surround.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENVELOP

PRESENT

Present

I envelop

you envelop

he/she/it envelops

we envelop

you envelop

they envelop

Present continuous

I am enveloping

you are enveloping

he/she/it is enveloping

we are enveloping

you are enveloping

they are enveloping

Present perfect

I have enveloped

you have enveloped

he/she/it has enveloped

we have enveloped

you have enveloped

they have enveloped

Present perfect continuous

I have been enveloping

you have been enveloping

he/she/it has been enveloping

we have been enveloping

you have been enveloping

they have been enveloping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I enveloped

you enveloped

he/she/it enveloped

we enveloped

you enveloped

they enveloped

Past continuous

I was enveloping

you were enveloping

he/she/it was enveloping

we were enveloping

you were enveloping

they were enveloping

Past perfect

I had enveloped

you had enveloped

he/she/it had enveloped

we had enveloped

you had enveloped

they had enveloped

Past perfect continuous

I had been enveloping

you had been enveloping

he/she/it had been enveloping

we had been enveloping

you had been enveloping

they had been enveloping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will envelop

you will envelop

he/she/it will envelop

we will envelop

you will envelop

they will envelop

Future continuous

I will be enveloping

you will be enveloping

he/she/it will be enveloping

we will be enveloping

you will be enveloping

they will be enveloping

Future perfect

I will have enveloped

you will have enveloped

he/she/it will have enveloped

we will have enveloped

you will have enveloped

they will have enveloped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been enveloping

you will have been enveloping

he/she/it will have been enveloping

we will have been enveloping

you will have been enveloping

they will have been enveloping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would envelop

you would envelop

he/she/it would envelop

we would envelop

you would envelop

they would envelop

Conditional continuous

I would be enveloping

you would be enveloping

he/she/it would be enveloping

we would be enveloping

you would be enveloping

they would be enveloping

Conditional perfect

I would have envelop

you would have envelop

he/she/it would have envelop

we would have envelop

you would have envelop

they would have envelop

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been enveloping

you would have been enveloping

he/she/it would have been enveloping

we would have been enveloping

you would have been enveloping

they would have been enveloping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you envelop
we let´s envelop
you envelop

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to envelop

Past participle

enveloped

Present Participle

enveloping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ENVELOP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «envelop» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of envelop

blanket · cloak · conceal · cover · embrace · encase · encircle · enclose · encompass · enfold · engulf · enwrap · hide · obscure · sheathe · shroud · surround · swaddle · swathe · veil

TRANSLATION OF ENVELOP

Find out the translation of envelop to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of envelop from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «envelop» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 包裹住
• Translator English - Spanish: envolver
• English: envelop
• Translator English - Hindi: आवृत
• Translator English - Arabic: ظرف
• Translator English - Russian: конверт
• Translator English - Portuguese: envolver
• Translator English - Bengali: মোড়া
• Translator English - French: envelopper
• Translator English - Malay: Menyelubungi
• Translator English - German: einhüllen
• Translator English - Japanese: 包む
• Translator English - Korean: 에워싸다
• Translator English - Javanese: Envelop
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bao bọc
• Translator English - Tamil: உறை
• Translator English - Marathi: लिफाफा
• Translator English - Turkish: örtmek
• Translator English - Italian: avviluppare
• Translator English - Polish: kopertę
• Translator English - Ukrainian: конверт
• Translator English - Romanian: învălui
• Translator English - Greek: περιβάλλουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: envelop
• Translator English - Swedish: omsluta
• Translator English - Norwegian: innhylle

2 QUOTES WITH «ENVELOP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word envelop.

1

Candice Millard

I had a moment in the Library of Congress among the presidential papers. I opened a folder, and there was an envelope in it. The front of the envelope was facing the table, so I didn't know what was in it. I opened it and out spilled all this hair. I turned the envelop over and it says, 'Clipped from President Garfield's head on his deathbed.'

2

Morihei Ueshiba

If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENVELOP»

Discover the use of envelop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to envelop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

United States Congressional Serial Set

Alphabetical list of inventions — Continued. Envelop, Artificial-fly. F. J. Cooper. No. 915,557; Mar. 16: Sp. p. 3930; Gaz. vol. 140; p. 678. Envelop-check. Manifolding. A. L. Irvin. No. 927,543; July 13; Sp. p. 1725; Gai. vol. 144; p. 308. Envelop ...

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents

226. Envelop. E. F. Turner. No. 1,124,677 ; Jan. 12 ; Gaz. vol. 210 ; p. 562. Envelop. C. Valenta. No. 1,148,874; Aug. 3; Gaz. vol. 217; p. 138. Envelop. L. C. Van Riper. No. 1,127,703 ; Feb. 9 ; Gaz. vol. 211; p. 402. Envelop. P. H. Waggener. No.

United States. Patent Office, 1916

Official gazette of the United States Patent Office

pile between the flap and body of the lowermost envelop to feed the same forward, means for moistening and sealing the envelop so fed, and mechanism dependent upon the movement of said feeder for discharging the sealed envelop Into ...

United States. Patent Office, 1907

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

Serial No. 395,086. 1. As an article of manufacture, au Inclosing envelop for an inclosed photographic plate having an open end and a sight opening at the film side of said plate, a second envelop Inclosing the plate within the first envelop and ...

Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office

A. Winkler and M Dünnebier. No. 1,396,906; Nov. 15. 13. f1 En,velop Safety-. H. Hahn and B. Lovle. No. 1,369,277 : Feb. 22; v. 283; p. 611. Lattanzio. No. 1,375,968 ; Apr. ^J-Envelop-sealer^ J. H. Byerley. No. 1,389,812; Sept. 6; S. J. Clrbus.

Biomedical Simulation: 4th International Symposium, ISBMS ...

We consider the viscera as a single organ contained in an envelop, so called the viscera envelop (the internal organ motion between themselves is negligible with respect to the global motion). The viscera envelop slides along another one, ...

Fernando Bello, Philip J. Edwards, 2008

Gymnosperms

The outer envelop is dermal in origin while the middle and inner envelops are sub-dermal in origin (Takaso and Bouman, 1986). The outer envelop initiate laterally by two primordia, which later develop concrescent or fused. Because of this ...

Dr. C. M. Govil

Finite Element Method: Concepts and Applications in Geomechanics

Ladanyi and Archambault proposed the shear strength envelop as given below ( Goodman et al., 1977): _ <Tn (1 - a, )(tan i + tan fy ) + asSR l-(l-as)tanitan0; (8-12 ^ where tan i is the dilatancy and varies with normal stress as given in Eq.

Debasis Deb, 2006

An Introduction To Viruses, 4E

Virus Shape Size Special dimension feature (nm) Adenoviruses Spheroidal 70- 90 With fibres Herpesviruses Spheroidal 100-150 With envelop Papoviruses Spheroidal 43-53 Without envelop Parvoviruses Spheroidal 18-22 Without envelop ...

S B Biswas, 2009

A Concise Textbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Envelop flap: This is most preferred as it is easy to close postoperatively and better healing is there. 2. Releasing incision on envelop flap: This is done for greater accessibility and visibility. 3. Three-cornered flap: This is less preferred as poor ...

Sumit Sanghai, Parama Chatterjee, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENVELOP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term envelop is used in the context of the following news items.

Races and runs

Sure, you'll start off before dusk and it figures to still be blazing hot in Davis, but eventually the night will envelop you. If you're really speedy, ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»

2015 Audi TT Roadster Review: Carving Corners Like A Switchblade

It's a two seater only, low-slung and with high-shouldered sides, it's designed to envelop in the way a racecar cockpit envelops. But it's not cramped, at least not ... «The Motor Report, Jul 15»

'Supernatural' season 11: Work begins for Jensen Ackles, Jared …

... that was presented at the end of season 10, which started to completely envelop the world that the Winchesters have come to know. «CarterMatt.com, Jul 15»

John Ali Diaries (Part 2): You will return to Isfahan

She brought out a picture from an old envelop. Two distinguished ladies in front of a lot of pelargoniums were standing proud and elegant. «Iranian, Jul 15»

A West Wind: Wicked and Wonderful

It has the ability to envelop us with a dead, still, humid, uncomfortable heat that doesn't seem to move. However, the bigger problem that comes ... «The SandPaper, Jul 15»

Mobile app wars set to intensify

Alipay and WeChat joined a "red envelop battle" by allowing users to send money online to friends and family during this year's Spring Festival. «ecns, Jul 15»

Don Edler, Boredom Is The Ultimate Weapon: Visual Arts Review

The sculpture grows more welcoming as you walk around it to see where the layers of foam envelop the pedestal and each other, and the ... «Willamette Week, Jul 15»

VIDEO | Complainants vs eye clinics said to be abusing PhilHealth …

... made him sign a document that "di nila ako pinabayaan [They were not negligent in my case], and handed him an envelop with P10,000. «InterAksyon, Jul 15»

A Pac-Man satellite to grab and kill orbiting space debris

The net has to envelop SwissCube in one quick motion, so the CubeSat doesn't hit the back of the net and then bounce right back out of its ... «ExtremeTech, Jul 15»

Henrik Vibskov Opens Largest Solo Exhibit in Asia at Seoul's Daelim …

In another corner, dark fabrics envelop whole walls. They are both installations by the Danish designer Henrik Vibskov, and while they might ... «WWD, Jul 15»