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enclose
en·close (ĕn-klōz′) also in·close (ĭn-)tr.v. en·closed, en·clos·ing, en·clos·es also in·closed or in·clos·ing or in·clos·es 1. a. To surround on all sides; close in: a valley that is enclosed by rugged peaks.b. To fence in so as to prevent common use: enclosed the pasture.c. To build or equip with a roof and walls: enclosed the deck for winter use.2. To contain, especially so as to envelop or shelter: "Every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret" (Charles Dickens).3. To insert into the same envelope or package: enclose a check with the order.
[Middle English enclosen, from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore, from Latin inclūdere; see include.]Synonyms: enclose, cage, fence, hem1, pen2, wall
These verbs mean to surround and confine within a limited area: cattle enclosed in feedlots; was caged in the office all afternoon; a garden fenced in by shrubbery; a battalion hemmed in by enemy troops; ships penned up in the harbor; prisoners who were walled in.enclose (ɪnˈkləʊz) or inclosevb (tr) 1. to close; hem in; surround2. to surround (land) with or as if with a fence3. to put in an envelope or wrapper, esp together with a letter4. to contain or hold enˈclosable, inˈclosable adj enˈcloser, inˈcloser nen•close (ɛnˈkloʊz)
v.t. -closed, -clos•ing. 1. to close in on all sides; shut in. 2. to surround, as with a fence: to enclose land. 3. to insert in the same envelope, package, etc.: to enclose a check. 4. to contain or hold. [1275–1325] en•clos′a•ble, adj. en•clos′er, n. enclose
Past participle: enclosed
Gerund: enclosing
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| I enclose | | you enclose | | he/she/it encloses | | we enclose | | you enclose | | they enclose |
| Preterite |
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| I enclosed | | you enclosed | | he/she/it enclosed | | we enclosed | | you enclosed | | they enclosed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am enclosing | | you are enclosing | | he/she/it is enclosing | | we are enclosing | | you are enclosing | | they are enclosing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have enclosed | | you have enclosed | | he/she/it has enclosed | | we have enclosed | | you have enclosed | | they have enclosed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was enclosing | | you were enclosing | | he/she/it was enclosing | | we were enclosing | | you were enclosing | | they were enclosing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had enclosed | | you had enclosed | | he/she/it had enclosed | | we had enclosed | | you had enclosed | | they had enclosed |
| Future |
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| I will enclose | | you will enclose | | he/she/it will enclose | | we will enclose | | you will enclose | | they will enclose |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have enclosed | | you will have enclosed | | he/she/it will have enclosed | | we will have enclosed | | you will have enclosed | | they will have enclosed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be enclosing | | you will be enclosing | | he/she/it will be enclosing | | we will be enclosing | | you will be enclosing | | they will be enclosing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been enclosing | | you have been enclosing | | he/she/it has been enclosing | | we have been enclosing | | you have been enclosing | | they have been enclosing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been enclosing | | you will have been enclosing | | he/she/it will have been enclosing | | we will have been enclosing | | you will have been enclosing | | they will have been enclosing |
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| I had been enclosing | | you had been enclosing | | he/she/it had been enclosing | | we had been enclosing | | you had been enclosing | | they had been enclosing |
| Conditional |
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| I would enclose | | you would enclose | | he/she/it would enclose | | we would enclose | | you would enclose | | they would enclose |
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| I would have enclosed | | you would have enclosed | | he/she/it would have enclosed | | we would have enclosed | | you would have enclosed | | they would have enclosed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | enclose - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrapcover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"benight - envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area"tube - place or enclose in a tubecapsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize - enclose in a capsuleengulf - flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"sheathe - enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword"cocoon - wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protectionbathe - suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"enshroud, shroud, hide, cover - cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" | | 2. | enclose - close in; darkness enclosed him"hold in, confinecontain, bear, carry, hold - contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"border, bound - form the boundary of; be contiguous toembank - enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke"rail in, rail - enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"box in, box up - enclose or confine as if in a boxframe - enclose in a frame, as of a picture | | 3. | enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"inclose, shut in, close intuck, insert - fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"wall in, wall up - enclose with a wallbower, embower - enclose in a bowerborder, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"enshrine, shrine - enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"encase, incase, case - enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"swallow up, eat up, immerse, swallow, bury - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"frame, frame in, border - enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture"glass in, glass - enclose with glass; "glass in a porch"bank - enclose with a bank; "bank roads"dike, dyke - enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"encapsulate - enclose in a capsule or other small containerfence, fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard"cordon off, rope in, rope off - divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred"casket - enclose in a casketcorral - enclose in a corral; "corral the horses"fort, fortify - enclose by or as if by a fortificationhedge in, hedge - enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property" | | 4. | enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduceplug - insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"plug - insert a plug into; "plug the wall"inoculate - introduce a microorganism intoinset - set or place inglass - put in a glass containercatheterise, catheterize - insert a catheter into (a body part); "catheterize the patient's bladder"cup - put into a cup; "cup the milk"interlard, intersperse - introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressionsfeed in, feed - introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"slip - insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"foist - insert surreptitiously or without warrantlay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"inject, shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" |
enclose incloseverb1. surround, cover, circle, bound, wrap, fence, pound, pen, hedge, confine, close in, encompass, wall in, encircle, encase, fence in, impound, circumscribe, hem in, shut in, environ The land was enclosed by an eight-foot wire fence.2. send with, include, put in, insert I enclose a cheque for £10.encloseverb1. To surround and advance upon:besiege, close in, envelop, hedge, hem.2. To confine within a limited area:cage, coop (in or up), fence (in), immure, mew (up), pen, shut in, shut up, wall (in or up).Translationsenclose (inˈkləuz) verb1. to put inside a letter or its envelope. I enclose a cheque for $4.00. 裝入信封 把（公文、票据等）封入 2. to shut in. The garden was enclosed by a high wall. 圍住 围住enˈclosure (-ʒə) noun1. the act of enclosing. 封入 封入2. land surrounded by a fence or wall. He keeps a donkey in that enclosure. 圈地 圈地3. something put in along with a letter. I received your enclosure with gratitude. 附件 附件enclose
enclose (someone or something) (with)in (something)To put something around someone or something to hold or restrain it. My mother enclosed my medal in glass so that it wouldn't get scratched. If you let the dogs go outside alone, make sure to enclose them within the fenced part of the yard.See also: encloseenclosed please find (something)A message included in a letter or package to tell the recipient what they should find inside. Enclosed please find the personnel files for your new employees.See also: enclose, find, pleaseenclose someone or something (with)in somethingto contain someone, something, or some space inside of something. The police enclosed the people in a safe area while the accident was being cleaned up. The farmer enclosed the pig within a new pen.See also: encloseenclosed please find...Formal business writing for “it's in this envelope.” Until the middle of the 20th century, businesses corresponded in formal—some would say stilted—language. “Enclosed please find” was one phrase that, although still used by some law firms and insurance companies, is well on its way to join such archaisms as “in hand,” ult. for “ultimo” (meaning “last month” as in “I have your letter of the 15th ult. in hand . . .”), inst. for “instant” or this month, and prox. for “proximo” or next month. Perhaps e-mail abbreviations like LOL, IOW, and TTFN will someday be considered just as quaint.See also: enclose, pleaseEncyclopediaSeeEnclosureenclose
Synonyms for encloseverb surroundSynonyms- surround
- cover
- circle
- bound
- wrap
- fence
- pound
- pen
- hedge
- confine
- close in
- encompass
- wall in
- encircle
- encase
- fence in
- impound
- circumscribe
- hem in
- shut in
- environ
verb send withSynonyms- send with
- include
- put in
- insert
Synonyms for encloseverb to surround and advance uponSynonyms- besiege
- close in
- envelop
- hedge
- hem
verb to confine within a limited areaSynonyms- cage
- coop
- fence
- immure
- mew
- pen
- shut in
- shut up
- wall
Synonyms for encloseverb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a coveringSynonymsRelated Words- cover
- benight
- tube
- capsulate
- capsule
- capsulise
- capsulize
- engulf
- sheathe
- cocoon
- bathe
- enshroud
- shroud
- hide
verb close inSynonymsRelated Words- contain
- bear
- carry
- hold
- border
- bound
- embank
- rail in
- rail
- box in
- box up
- frame
verb surround completelySynonymsRelated Words- tuck
- insert
- wall in
- wall up
- bower
- embower
- border
- environ
- surround
- skirt
- ring
- enshrine
- shrine
- encase
- incase
- case
- swallow up
- eat up
- immerse
- swallow
- bury
- frame
- frame in
- glass in
- glass
- bank
- dike
- dyke
- encapsulate
- fence
- fence in
- cordon off
- rope in
- rope off
- casket
- corral
- fort
- fortify
- hedge in
- hedge
verb introduceSynonyms- put in
- stick in
- inclose
- insert
- introduce
Related Words- plug
- inoculate
- inset
- glass
- catheterise
- catheterize
- cup
- interlard
- intersperse
- feed in
- feed
- slip
- foist
- lay
- place
- put
- set
- position
- pose
- inject
- shoot
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