vverb.contactenclose or enfold completely with or as if with a coveringSynset:enclose enfold envelop enwrap wrap
Derivationally Related Form:wrapenfoldingenvelopmentenclosingenclosure
Hypernyms:cover
Inherited Hypernyms:envelopcover
Direct Hyponyms:bathebenightcapsulatecapsulecapsulisecapsulizecocooncoverengulfenshroudhidesheatheshroudtube
Full Troponyms:bathebenightcapsulecocoonengulfsheatheshroudtube
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.stativeclose inSynset:confine enclose hold in
Derivationally Related Form:confinementenclosure
Hypernyms:bear carry contain hold
Inherited Hypernyms:encloseholdinclude
Direct Hyponyms:borderboundbox inbox upembankframerailrail in
Full Troponyms:boundbox inembankframerailshoreskirtverge
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactsurround completelySynset:close in enclose inclose shut in
Examples:- Darkness enclosed him
- They closed in the porch with a fence
Derivationally Related Form:enclosure
Hypernyms:border environ ring skirt surround
Inherited Hypernyms:enclosesurroundtouch
Direct Hyponyms:bankborderbowerburycasecasketcordon offcorraldikedykeeat upembowerencapsulateencaseenshrinefencefence infortfortifyframeframe inglassglass inhedgehedge inimmerseincaseinsertrope inrope offshrineswallowswallow uptuckwall inwall up
Full Troponyms:bagbankboxbrick inbundlecasketcontainerizecorralcratedikeembattleembowerencapsulateencaseenshrinefencefortifyframeglasshedgeimmersepackpouchrope insackstowtrenchtuckwall in
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeplace, fit, or thrust (something) into another thingSynset:enclose inclose insert introduce put in stick in
Derivationally Related Form:inclosureinsertinsertionintroductionenclosure
Hypernyms:lay place pose position put set
Inherited Hypernyms:insertputmove
Direct Hyponyms:catheterisecatheterizecupfeedfeed infoistglassinjectinoculateinsetinterlardintersperseplugshootslip
Full Troponyms:catheterizecupfeedfoistglassinjectinoculateinsetinterleaveintersperseplugseedslip
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
adjadj.allclosed in or surrounded or included withinExamples:- an enclosed porch
- an enclosed yard
- the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling
Antonyms:unenclosed
Inherited Hypernyms:enclosed
Similar to:basined besieged boxed boxed-in boxed in capsulate capsulated clathrate closed closed in coarctate embedded fencelike included involved self-enclosed encircled surrounded