English verb: shut in | |||
1. | shut in (contact) surround completely | ||
Samples | Darkness enclosed him. They closed in the porch with a fence. | ||
Synonyms | close in, enclose, inclose | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | border, environ, ring, skirt, surround | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bank, border, bower, bury, case, casket, cordon off, corral, dike, dyke, eat up, embower, encapsulate, encase, enshrine, fence, fence in, fort, fortify, frame, frame in, glass, glass in, hedge, hedge in, immerse, incase, insert, rope in, rope off, shrine, swallow, swallow up, tuck, wall in, wall up | ||