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enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
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inclose |
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environ,
skirt,
surround,
border,
ring pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
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tuck,
insert fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"
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wall in,
wall up enclose with a wall
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bower,
embower enclose in a bower
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shrine,
enshrine enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"
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encase,
incase,
case enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
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swallow up,
eat up,
immerse,
bury,
swallow finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"
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frame in,
border,
frame lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
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glass in,
glass put in a glass container
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bank cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"
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dike,
dyke enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"
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encapsulate put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"
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fence in,
fence fight with fencing swords
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cordon off,
rope off,
rope in draw in as if with a rope; lure; "The agent had roped in several customers"
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casket enclose in a casket
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corral collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"
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fort,
fortify station (troops) in a fort
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hedge in,
hedge minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
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enclose - close in; darkness enclosed him" |
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confine |
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contain,
bear,
hold,
carry be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
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bound,
border form the boundary of; be contiguous to
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embank enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke"
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rail in,
rail complain bitterly
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box in,
box up enclose or confine as if in a box
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frame make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
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