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mure

[myoor] / myʊər /
VERB
enclose
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 set apart shut in wall in
Antonyms
STRONG
exclude face free let go liberate meet reject release reveal set free
WEAK
unloose
VERB
fence
Synonyms
STRONGEST
encircle
STRONG
bound cage circumscribe confine coop corral defend fortify girdle guard hedge hem immure mew pen protect rail restrict secure surround wall
Antonyms
STRONG
attack free harm hurt injure let go loose release set free
WEAK
face meet uncoop
VERB
mew
Synonyms
STRONG
blockade bound cage circle circumscribe confine coop corral cover encase encircle encompass enfold enshroud environ fence hedge imbue immure implant impound imprison include induct insert intern jail limit pen restrict veil wall wrap
WEAK
block off box up close in fence off hem in lock in lock up set apart shut in shut up wall in
Antonyms
STRONG
exclude face free let go liberate meet reject release reveal set free take out uncover unwrap

Example Sentences

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"For illustration, here are some shorties which we'd call real $7 words, and wouldn't use here at this time without explanation: adit, erg, ergo, ohm, gloze, cozen, griff, modal, mure, snash, viable."

From Time Magazine Archive

Catus cum mure, duo galli simul in aede, Et glotes binae nunquam vivunt sine lite.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

And he had let mure all the mountain about with a strong wall and a fair. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

It is no mure wonderful that I should live again than that I do live.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

They are brought into a cavern, the entrance to which Roger is ordered to mure up.

From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.