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suffuse

v. cause to spread

wrap, enfold, enwrap, enclose

v. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"

drape

v. "drape a cloth"

roll, wind, wrap, encircle, enlace

v. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"

pose, drape

v. place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa"

fold, turn up, fold up

v. bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

insert, tuck

v. fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"

saturate, make saturated

v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

circle, round, ring, surround, encircle, environ

v. be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

smother, suffocate, asphyxiate

v. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

smother, put out

v. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"

veil, hide with a veil, cover with a veil

v. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

case, encase

v. enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"

embrace, cover, comprehend, encompass, be composed of, consist

v. include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

package, box

v. put into a box; "box the gift, please"

swathe, swaddle

v. wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant"

roll, wind, wrap, encircle, enlace

v. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"

muffle, mute, damp, deaden, dampen, tone down

v. of sounds or images

insulate

v. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

expose, uncover, remove the covering from

v. remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"

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