" enveloped "

1: to close or shut in by or as if by barriers;

  * e.g., " ... a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city "

•  Synonyms : 

•  boxed (in),

•  caged,

•  closeted,

•  cooped (up),

•  corralled,

•  encaged,

•  encased,

•  enclosed,

•  fenced (in),

•  hedged,

•  hemmed (in),

•  housed,

•  immured,

•  included,

•  mewed (up),

•  penned,

•  walled (in)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to surround or cover closely;

  * e.g., " ... the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bosomed,

•  bowered,

•  circumfused,

•  cocooned,

•  embosomed,

•  embowered,

•  embraced,

•  enclosed,

•  encompassed,

•  enfolded,

•  enshrouded,

•  enswathed,

•  enwrapped,

•  invested,

•  involved,

•  lapped,

•  mantled,

•  muffled,

•  shrouded,

•  swathed,

•  veiled,

•  wrapped

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to close or shut in by or as if by barriers;

  * e.g., " ... a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city "

•  Synonyms : 

•  box (in),

•  cage,

•  closet,

•  coop (up),

•  corral,

•  encage,

•  encase,

•  enclose,

•  fence (in),

•  hedge,

•  hem (in),

•  house,

•  immure,

•  include,

•  mew (up),

•  pen,

•  wall (in)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to surround or cover closely;

  * e.g., " ... the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bosom,

•  bower,

•  circumfuse,

•  cocoon,

•  embosom,

•  embower,

•  embrace,

•  enclose,

•  encompass,

•  enfold,

•  enshroud,

•  enswathe,

•  enwrap,

•  invest,

•  involve,

•  lap,

•  mantle,

•  muffle,

•  shroud,

•  swathe,

•  veil,

•  wrap

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)