English > enclose: 4 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap |
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| Narrower | bathe | suffuse with or as if with light |
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| benight | envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness |
| capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise | enclose in a capsule |
| cocoon | wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection |
| engulf | Flow over or cover completely |
| sheathe | enclose with a sheath |
| shroud, enshroud, hide, cover | Cover as if with a shroud |
| tube | place or enclose in a tube |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
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| Spanish | envolver, fajar |
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| Catalan | embolicar |
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| Nouns | enclosure, enclosing | the act of enclosing something inside something else |
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| enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed / enclosed for some purpose |
English > enclose: 4 senses > verb 3, contact| Meaning | Surround completely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "Darkness enclosed him" |
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| Synonyms | close in, inclose, shut in |
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| Narrower | bank | enclose with a bank |
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| casket | enclose in a casket / casket |
| corral | enclose in a corral |
| dike, dyke | enclose with a dike |
| embower, bower | enclose in a bower |
| encapsulate | enclose in a capsule or other small container |
| encase, incase, case | enclose in, or as if in, a case |
| enshrine, shrine | enclose in a shrine |
| fence, fence in | enclose with a fence |
| fortify, fort | enclose by or as if by a fortification |
| frame, frame in, border | enclose in or as if in a frame |
| glass, glass in | enclose with glass |
| hedge, hedge in | enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges |
| immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up | enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing |
| rope in, rope off, cordon off | divide by means of a rope |
| tuck, insert | fit snugly into |
| wall in, wall up | enclose with a wall |
| Broader | surround, environ, ring, skirt, border | Extend on all sides of simultaneously |
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| Spanish | cercar, encerrar, rodear |
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| Catalan | envoltar, tancar, voltar |
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| Nouns | enclosure | the act of enclosing something inside something else |
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English > enclose: 4 senses > verb 4, change| Meaning | introduce. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Synonyms | insert, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce |
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| Narrower | catheterize, catheterise | insert a catheter into (a body part) |
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| cup | put into a cup |
| feed, feed in | introduce continuously |
| foist | insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| glass | put in a glass container |
| inject, shoot | Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing |
| inoculate | introduce a microorganism into |
| inset | set or place in |
| intersperse, interlard | introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions |
| plug | Insert as a plug |
| plug | Insert a plug into |
| plug | Replace the center of a coin with a baser metal |
| slip | insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
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| Spanish | incluír, insertar, introducir, meter, poner |
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| Catalan | inserir, introduir |
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| Nouns | enclosure | something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter |
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