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[ verb ] enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

Examples

"Fog enveloped the house"

Used in print

(Eugene E. Golay, Organizing the Local Church for Effect...)

A helpful leaflet may be enclosed in the letter .

(The Family Handyman, 11:5...)

The roof timbers are precut and the panels standard so_that the house can be completely enclosed in a matter of three or four days .

(Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)

It enclosed her clammy hands and twined around her ankles .

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[ verb ] close in or confine

Synonyms

hold_in confine

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

But they are still enclosed in their larval cells and remain there throughout the summer , fall , and winter .

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

The trompe-l'oeil illusion here is no_longer enclosed between parallel flatnesses , but seems to thrust through the surface of the drawing_paper and establish depth on top of_it .

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[ verb ] surround completely

Synonyms

inclose shut_in

Examples

"Darkness enclosed him"

Used in print

(David Alexander, Bloodstain....)

He splashed on , mud sucking at his feet with each step , until he reached the end of the drainage_ditch and the beginning of the fence that enclosed the farm .

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[ verb ] introduce

Examples

"Insert your ticket here"

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