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Enclose has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

"Fog enveloped the house"

2

close in

"darkness enclosed him"

3

surround completely

"Darkness enclosed him"

"They closed in the porch with a fence"

4

place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

"Insert your ticket here"

5

to surround with a wall, fence, etc.

"The old estate is enclosed by a high brick wall that marks the property line clearly."

Example Sentences
"Fog enveloped the house" verb
"darkness enclosed him" verb
"Darkness enclosed him" verb
"They closed in the porch with a fence" verb
"Insert your ticket here" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cover hold surround put
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
benight tube capsule engulf sheathe cocoon bathe shroud bound embank rail box in frame tuck wall in embower enshrine encase immerse glass bank dike encapsulate fence rope in casket corral fortify hedge plug inoculate inset catheterize cup intersperse feed slip foist inject
Rhyming Words
ose cose hose jose oose lose bose dose gose nose tose rose mose yose pose roose noose brose loose whose
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