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encloses

VERB

put inside, surround

Synonyms

STRONGEST

block off encase encircle encompass hem in insert wrap

STRONG

blockade bound cage circle circumscribe confine corral cover enfold enshroud environ fence hedge imbue immure implant impound imprison include induct intern jail limit mew pen restrict veil

WEAK

box up close in coop fence off lock in lock up mure set apart shut in wall in

Antonyms

STRONG

exclude face free let go liberate meet reject release reveal set free

WEAK

unloose

Example Sentences

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This curvaceous shape encloses an open and spacious cabin, with plenty of light in the second row and versatile storage in the stern.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

But it had no lights of its own, so the volunteers used the LED lights and glow sticks to attach homemade Dodgers-themed signage to the fence that encloses the bridge.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

This process, discovered by Nobel laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi in 2016, encloses the accumulation within a lipid membrane similar to a cell membrane.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2025

Towards the back of the area so far excavated there is a wall that encloses three rooms.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023

By the time I filled the basket, the Aleut ship had sailed around the wide kelp bed that encloses our island and be tween our two rocks that guard Coral Cove.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell