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English verb: close in | |||
| 1. | close in (motion) advance or converge on | ||
| Samples | The police were closing in on him. | ||
| Synonyms | draw in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress | ||
| Verb group | draw in, get in, move in, pull in | ||
| 2. | close in (contact) surround completely | ||
| Samples | Darkness enclosed him. They closed in the porch with a fence. | ||
| Synonyms | enclose, 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 | ||
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