| Main Entry: | sheathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | envelop |
Synonyms: |
cover, encase, enclose, surround, wrap |
| Main Entry: | draw back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retract from position |
Synonyms: |
deduct, discount, pull back, recede, recoil, reel in, retreat, sheathe, shrink, start back, subtract, take away, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
forge, go forward, start |
| Main Entry: | encapsulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encase |
Synonyms: |
box, cover, enclose, envelop, sheathe, wrap |
| Main Entry: | envelop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encase, hide |
Synonyms: |
blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, enwrap, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, overspread, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up |
| Notes: | envelop is the verb; envelope is the noun |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap |
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put paint or finish on |
Synonyms: |
clad, coat, cover, decorate, dress, finish, front, level, line, overlay, plaster, polish, redecorate, refinish, remodel, sheathe, shingle, side, skin, smooth, surface, veneer |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put covering inside object |
Synonyms: |
bush, ceil, cover, encrust, face, fill, incrust, interline, overlay, panel, quilt, reinforce, sheath, stuff, wad, wainscot |
Antonyms: |
strip, unline |
| Main Entry: | pod |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | encasement of vegetable seeds |
Synonyms: |
capsule, case, covering, hull, husk, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, skin, vessel |
| Main Entry: | retract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back; renege on |
Synonyms: |
abjure, back, back down, back off, back out of, call off, cancel, change one's mind, countermand, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, draw in, eat one's words, eliminate, exclude, fall back, forget it, forswear, go back on, have change of heart, nig, pull back, pull in, recall, recant, recede, reel in, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, revoke, rule out, sheathe, suspend, take back, take in, unsay, welsh, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
corroborate, emphasize, reaffirm, repeat |
| Main Entry: | skin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer covering, especially of animate being |
Synonyms: |
bark, carapace, case, casing, coating, crust, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, fell, film, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath, sheathing, shell, shuck, slough, surface, tegument, vellum |
Antonyms: |
body, core, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | wrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surround with a covering |
Synonyms: |
absorb, bandage, bind, bundle, bundle up, camouflage, cloak, clothe, cover, drape, encase, encircle, enclose, enfold, envelop, fold, gift-wrap, hide, immerse, invest, mask, muffle, pack, package, protect, roll up, sheathe, shelter, shroud, swaddle, swathe, twine, veil, wind |
Antonyms: |
uncover, unwrap |