Word

enclose, v.
(enclosed, encloses, enclosing)
freq. cnt. 6

enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

enclose enfold envelop enwrap wrap

sample sentences

"Fog enveloped the house"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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verb frames

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lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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enclosing enclosure enclosure

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lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

benight tube capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise engulf sheathe cocoon bathe shroud, enshroud, hide, cover

close in
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

confine enclose hold in

sample sentences

"darkness enclosed him"

verb frames

Something ----s something

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

enclosure enclosure

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hypernym

contain, hold, bear, carry

hyponym

bound, border embank rail, rail in box in, box up frame

surround completely
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

close in enclose inclose shut in

sample sentences

"Darkness enclosed him"
"They closed in the porch with a fence"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

tuck, insert wall up, wall in embower, bower enshrine, shrine encase, incase, case swallow, swallow up, bury, immerse, 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

hypernym

surround, border, environ, ring, skirt

place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

enclose inclose insert introduce put in stick in

sample sentences

"Insert your ticket here"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
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verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

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insertion insert

lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hypernym

put, place, set, lay, position, pose

hyponym

plug plug plug inoculate inset glass catheterize, catheterise cup intersperse, interlard feed, feed in slip foist inject, shoot