enclose (v)
close in (v)
inclose (v)
shut in (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def surround completely
examples Darkness enclosed him
They closed in the porch with a fence
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
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Hypernym surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
Derivationally related form enclose → enclosure
Hyponym tuck, insert; wall in, wall up; embower, bower; enshrine, shrine; encase, incase, case; immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up; frame, frame in, border; glass, glass in; bank; dike, dyke; encapsulate; fence, fence in; rope in, rope off, cordon off; casket; corral; fortify, fort; hedge, hedge in
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Derivationally related form enclosure → enclose
Also see shut → shut in
Hypernym tuck, insert; wall in, wall up; embower, bower; enshrine, shrine; encase, incase, case; immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up; frame, frame in, border; glass, glass in; bank; dike, dyke; encapsulate; fence, fence in; rope in, rope off, cordon off; casket; corral; fortify, fort; hedge, hedge in
Hyponym surround, environ, ring, skirt, border

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