| enclose | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap | enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.; "Fog enveloped the house" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| ~ benight | envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness.; "The benighted peoples of this area" |
| ~ tube | place or enclose in a tube. |
| ~ capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize | enclose in a capsule. |
| ~ engulf | flow over or cover completely.; "The bright light engulfed him completely" |
| ~ sheathe | enclose with a sheath.; "sheathe a sword" |
| ~ cocoon | wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection. |
| ~ bathe | suffuse with or as if with light.; "The room was bathed in sunlight" |
| ~ enshroud, shroud, hide, cover | cover as if with a shroud.; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" |
| v. (stative) | 2. confine, enclose, hold in | close in.; "darkness enclosed him" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ border, bound | form the boundary of; be contiguous to. |
| ~ embank | enclose with banks, as for support or protection.; "The river was embanked with a dyke" |
| ~ rail in, rail | enclose with rails.; "rail in the old graves" |
| ~ box in, box up | enclose or confine as if in a box. |
| ~ frame | enclose in a frame, as of a picture. |
| v. (contact) | 3. close in, enclose, inclose, shut in | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| ~ tuck, insert | fit snugly into.; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in" |
| ~ wall in, wall up | enclose with a wall. |
| ~ bower, embower | enclose in a bower. |
| ~ border, environ, surround, skirt, ring | extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.; "The forest surrounds my property" |
| ~ enshrine, shrine | enclose in a shrine.; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral" |
| ~ encase, incase, case | enclose in, or as if in, a case.; "my feet were encased in mud" |
| ~ swallow up, eat up, immerse, swallow, bury | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" |
| ~ frame, frame in, border | enclose in or as if in a frame.; "frame a picture" |
| ~ glass in, glass | enclose with glass.; "glass in a porch" |
| ~ bank | enclose with a bank.; "bank roads" |
| ~ dike, dyke | enclose with a dike.; "dike the land to protect it from water" |
| ~ encapsulate | enclose in a capsule or other small container. |
| ~ fence, fence in | enclose with a fence.; "we fenced in our yard" |
| ~ cordon off, rope in, rope off | divide by means of a rope.; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred" |
| ~ casket | enclose in a casket. |
| ~ corral | enclose in a corral.; "corral the horses" |
| ~ fort, fortify | enclose by or as if by a fortification. |
| ~ hedge in, hedge | enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges.; "hedge the property" |
| v. (change) | 4. enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in | introduce.; "Insert your ticket here" |
| ~ plug | insert as a plug.; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle" |
| ~ plug | insert a plug into.; "plug the wall" |
| ~ inoculate | introduce a microorganism into. |
| ~ inset | set or place in. |
| ~ glass | put in a glass container. |
| ~ catheterise, catheterize | insert a catheter into (a body part).; "catheterize the patient's bladder" |
| ~ cup | put into a cup.; "cup the milk" |
| ~ interlard, intersperse | introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions. |
| ~ feed in, feed | introduce continuously.; "feed carrots into a food processor" |
| ~ slip | insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly.; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" |
| ~ foist | insert surreptitiously or without warrant. |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ inject, shoot | force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing.; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" |
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