enveloping

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  1. surrounding closely on all sides.
  2. the act or process of enclosing something inside something else.

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  1. surrounding and closing in on or hemming in

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  • Then storms in, enveloping, and the whole world smells like —  Slampo's Place
  • Her all-enveloping burqa has been hitched up to expose a pair of pink trousers. —  News from www.pantagraph.com
  • I can't honestly remember when it last sounded so all-enveloping. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Introduced by aggressively rushing water and birds of the genus newagus persemprus, the music soon predominates, creating an all-enveloping, ambient atmosphere of relaxation and healing.
  • In Kabbalah, prayer is a process of inner change, where a person compares himself to the unchanging, all-enveloping force of Nature, and asks to be changed in likeness to it. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
 

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