Word

inclose, v.
(inclosed, incloses, inclosing)
freq. cnt. 1

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

verb frames

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

verb frames

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

verb frames

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

enclosure

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