English > shut in: 1 sense > verb 1, contact| Meaning | Surround completely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | enclose, close in, inclose |
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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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| See also | shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed |
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| Spanish | cercar, encerrar, rodear |
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| Catalan | envoltar, tancar, voltar |
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