embosom

verb

im-ˈbu̇-zəm How to pronounce embosom (audio)
Definition of embosomnext
as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries

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  1. wrap
  2. envelop
  3. shroud
  4. enclose
Verb
  • Sure, amid the flurry of finding gifts and wrapping everything elaborately, who has time to stack meringues and glue them together with buttercream?
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Then wrap the dough around each chocolate ball and bake; the cookies spread and collapse around the chocolate.
    Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of wrap
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  • Entering them feels like walking into a warm, cigar-like jewel box, enveloped by soft carpeting, plush textures, and eclectic, colorful decorative objects.
    Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Some, like Morning and Inger Munch in Black, are aesthetic studies that play with contrast, couching one subject in early light and enveloping the other in a black dress and background.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of envelop
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  • Little is known about the gray industrial design, which has been shrouded in secrecy.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But the disease is shrouded in stigma and silence that could be impacting the search for a cure — and endangering patients’ lives.
    Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of shroud
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  • In two hours, the duo planted seeds for 17 oak trees, enclosed them in mesh chicken wire to deter hungry fauna and tagged each one.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The hard shell of the nautilus encloses a series of chambers.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of enclose
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