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English verb: enclose | |||
| 1. | enclose (contact) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | ||
| Samples | Fog enveloped the house. | ||
| Synonyms | enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bathe, benight, capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize, cocoon, cover, engulf, enshroud, hide, sheathe, shroud, tube | ||
| 2. | enclose (stative) close in | ||
| Samples | Darkness enclosed him. | ||
| Synonyms | confine, hold in | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bear, carry, contain, hold | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | border, bound, box in, box up, embank, frame, rail, rail in | ||
| 3. | enclose (contact) surround completely | ||
| Samples | Darkness enclosed him. They closed in the porch with a fence. | ||
| Synonyms | close in, inclose, shut in | ||
| 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 | ||
| 4. | enclose (change) introduce | ||
| Samples | Insert your ticket here. | ||
| Synonyms | inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | catheterise, catheterize, cup, feed, feed in, foist, glass, inject, inoculate, inset, interlard, intersperse, plug, plug, shoot, slip | ||
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