transitive. To enclose, hem in, surround.

transitive. spec. To enclose or pen (an animal or bird); to impound (livestock). Now English regional (rare).

transitive. To enclose, n., confine, encompass, shut up, in, within. Obsolete or archaic.

transitive. To shut in, enclose, surround; to shut up, confine, imprison.

transitive. To close on all sides. Obsolete. rare.

to enclose.

To close in on all sides, encompass.

transitive. To enclose, confine, shut up.

in close: in a closed place; in confinement, closed up, shut up.

transitive. To surround (with walls, fences, or other barriers) so as to prevent free ingress or egress.

To enclose or shut (a thing) up in something.

(in physical sense). Obsolete or archaic.

transitive. To put or keep (a person or thing) within bounds or in an enclosed space; to enclose, confine, surround, shut in. Now only in passive…

with about, across, along, in, round.

(under-, prefix1 affix 2b(a).)

transitive. To put or keep (a person or thing) within bounds or in an enclosed space; to enclose, confine, surround, shut in; = include, v. 1a…

To surround as with a hedge or fence. Also with in, about, around.

To enclose; to shut in with rails or the like.

transitive. To rail in, enclose with, or as with, a railing. Also figurative.

To shut up, enclose, confine within bounds.

with about, in, round, up. to fence off: to keep off by a fence. Also absol.

transitive. To enclose; esp. to fence in or shut off with a parclose (parclose, n. 1a).

transitive. Frequently in passive. To provide with ribs (in various senses); to strengthen, reinforce, or enclose with, or as with, ribs.

transitive. figurative and in extended use. To encircle, encompass; to hem in. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. To surround or enclose as with a palisade; to shut in, hedge about, confine, hem in. Now rare.

To enclose (as in a bay); to shut in; to envelop, surround; also figurative.

transferred and figurative. To enclose, encompass, encircle, surround; to shut in, confine. Now rare.

transitive and intransitive. To close up, in various senses.

To close in, shut in, enclose. Obsolete.

transitive. To shut up; to enclose within.

transitive. To surround or enclose.

To surround, enclose. rare.

transitive. To enclose between walls, to wall in.

To enclose, confine, contain; also with in.

To enclose partially or wholly; to hem in; to envelope.

transferred and figurative. To carry or enclose in the bosom; to embosom.

transitive. To enclose in, or as in, a fence; to fence in.

transitive. (a) To enclose, rail in. (b) to strike out, cancel.

See quot.

transferred. To enclose, conceal, shelter, in the ‘bosom’. Often passive to be enclosed, enveloped in, closely surrounded with (woods, foliage…

To enclose or have within it; to contain; to lie around. ? Obsolete.