enveloping

adj 1: concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that

is not solid; "the enveloping darkness"; "hills

concealed by shrouding mists" [syn: {enveloping(a)}, {shrouding(a)}]

2: surrounding and closing in on or hemming in; "the army's

enveloping maneuver" [syn: {enveloping(a)}]

n : the act of enclosing something inside something else [syn: {enclosure},

{enclosing}, {envelopment}, {inclosure}]