enfolding
enfolding is the present participle and gerund of enfold.
Meaning of enfold
Verb
enfold (third-person singular simple present enfolds, present participle enfolding, simple past and past participle enfolded)
- To envelop and wrap up something.
- In words, like weeds, I’ll wrap me o’er,
Like coarsest clothes against the cold:
But that large grief which these enfold
Is given in outline and no more.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto V”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
- In words, like weeds, I’ll wrap me o’er,
- To clasp with the arms; embrace.
- Prais’d be the fathomless universe, / For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, / And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! / For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems
Noun
enfolding (plural enfoldings)
- A folding around something.
- This deficiency is less to be regretted, because the people at large are not now fitted to enjoy its display of fashionable manners, or to follow the delicate enfoldings of its graceful knot, which is made of frail, though glittering, materials.1820, Atheneum, Or, Spirit of the English Magazines, volume 7, page 239
Forms of enfolding
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Questions about enfolding
- What does enfolding mean?
- Enfolding means a folding around something.
- What is enfolding the present participle and gerund of?
- Enfolding is the present participle and gerund of enfold.
- What part of speech is enfolding?
- Enfolding is a noun.
- What is the plural of enfolding?
- The plural of enfolding is enfoldings.
Words near enfolding in the dictionary
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