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v. (contact) | 1. 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" |
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