1. enclose(v = verb.contact) enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
is one way to cover
Derived forms noun enclosing1, noun enclosure2, noun enclosure1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
2. enclose(v = verb.stative) confine, hold in - close in; "darkness enclosed him"
is one way to bear, carry, contain, hold
Derived forms noun enclosure1, noun enclosure3
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
3. enclose(v = verb.contact) close in, inclose, shut in - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
is one way to border, environ, ring, skirt, surround
Derived form noun enclosure2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
4. enclose(v = verb.change) inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"
is one way to lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Derived form noun enclosure4
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
To inclose. See Inclose. [1913 Webster]
enclose, v.tr. (also inclose)
1 (often foll. by with, in) a surround with a wall, fence, etc. b shut in on all sides.
2 fence in (common land) so as to make it private property.
3 put in a receptacle (esp. in an envelope together with a letter).
4 (usu. as enclosed adj.) seclude (a religious community) from the outside world.
5 esp. Math. bound on all sides; contain.
6 hem in on all sides.
Etymology:
ME f. OF enclos past part. of enclore ult. f. L includere (as INCLUDE)
VB lie around, surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird, belt, begird, engird, skirt, twine round, hem in.