enfold
verb /ɪnˈfəʊld/
/ɪnˈfəʊld/
(literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enfold | /ɪnˈfəʊld/ /ɪnˈfəʊld/ |
| he / she / it enfolds | /ɪnˈfəʊldz/ /ɪnˈfəʊldz/ |
| past simple enfolded | /ɪnˈfəʊldɪd/ /ɪnˈfəʊldɪd/ |
| past participle enfolded | /ɪnˈfəʊldɪd/ /ɪnˈfəʊldɪd/ |
| -ing form enfolding | /ɪnˈfəʊldɪŋ/ /ɪnˈfəʊldɪŋ/ |
- enfold somebody/something (in something) to hold somebody in your arms in a way that shows love synonym embrace
- She lay quietly, enfolded in his arms.
- enfold somebody/something (in something) to surround or cover somebody/something completely
- Darkness spread and enfolded him.
- The summit was enfolded in a circle of white cloud.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘involve, entail, imply’; formerly also as infold): from en-, in- ‘within’ + fold.