"enveloping" in the verb sense
1. envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
"Fog enveloped the house"
"enveloping" in the adjective sense
1. enveloping
surrounding and closing in on or hemming in
"the army's enveloping maneuver"
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