ENFOLDED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

enfolded

verb

past tense of enfold

as in wrapped

to surround or cover closely darkness began to enfold the lonely house on the hill

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as in hugged

to put one's arms around and press tightly the winner enfolded the huge bouquet of roses in her arms and thanked the judges

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Recent Examples of enfolded Where the Eleousa pressed mother and child cheek to cheek and Cassatt enfolded mothers around their infants, de Monteflores goes further, disappearing the mother’s face entirely behind her child’s. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026 But the idea of a single galaxy’s stars being enfolded into the Milky Way is intriguing and worthy of further study, Battersby said. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 May 2026 Smoke and blackness enfolded him. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025

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Thin straps also wrapped around the musician’s ankles, secured in place with adjustable buckle closures that kept the shoes secure.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 23 Aug. 2026
Nine days later, Zywicki’s body was found hundreds of miles away along Interstate 44 in rural Lawrence County, Missouri, wrapped in a red blanket that was sealed with duct tape.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of wrapped

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The new mothers clasped their babies close as a pack of teenagers ran through the park.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
In 1975, as Cold War tensions thawed, an American commander and his Soviet counterpart clasped hands in space after their spacecraft docked.

— Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

Definition of clasped

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Tendrils of jasmine dangle from balconies; Romanesque statues rise from winding pathways shrouded in vines.

— Christina Pérez, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
The Center promised to quickly repair the facade and remove the unsightly sidewalk shed that has shrouded the building the last 25 years.

— Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of shrouded

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With funding from the Dia Art Foundation, Judd purchased them in 1979 and began his own restoration, replacing the garage doors that enclosed the buildings’ two long sides with a series of continuous windows.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Archimedes’ screw Traditionally associated with Archimedes and dated to around the third century BCE, this machine moves water through a rotating helical surface enclosed inside a cylinder.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

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