Enclose

Definition: Enclose

Enclose

Verb

1. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house".

2. Close in or confine.

3. Surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him".

4. Introduce; "Insert your ticket here".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "enclose" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Enclose

Circumjacence

Verb: lie around; adVerb: surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird; skirt, twine round; hem in; (circumscribe).

Crosswords: Enclose

Books

• How to Build and Enclose a Porch (reference)

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Animal studies are necessary to confirm in vitro results before trials in human beings can be considered. One new approach is to enclose human cancer cells in microscopic capsules and grow them in laboratory-bred mice, which are then treated with a test drug. Credit: Mike Mitchell (photographer).

A drop sampler mounted on the bottom of a shallow draft boat. This sampling device is used to enclose a 1 - m2 area of salt marsh enabling researchers to measure the density of fishes and crustaceans on the marsh surface. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

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Health

Other glia enclose the spinal cord like the rim and spokes of a wheel, providing compartments for the ascending and descending nerve fiber tracts. (references)

At birth they contained about 700,000 sac-like follicles which each enclose an egg. Only about 400 to 500 of these follicles ever mature fully and release an egg during your menstrual cycles. (references)

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Expressions using "enclose": enclose a letter ♦ enclose in the letter ♦ enclose letter ♦ enclose with. Additional references.

Albanian

shtoj (add, add to, add up, advance, append, attach, augment, compound, count in, eke out, enhance, heighten, inclose, increase, intensify, intercalate, lend, multiply, propagate, put on, pyramid, raise, redouble, refill, subjoin, superinduce, supplement), rrethoj (begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, border on, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close in, close on, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, encompass, engird, engirdle, entwine, envelop, environ, fence in, flank, fold, gird, girdle, hedge in, hem, inclose, invest, lap, leaguer, pocket, rail, rim, ring, round up, span, surround, wreathe), mbyll (bung, calk, caulk, close, close up, commit, confine, crib, dry up, encase, encompass, end, entomb, fasten, furl, glue up, hush up, impound, inclose, key, lap, obturate, occlude, pen, screw on, seal, shut, shut down, shut up, shutter, stop, stop up, stuff, suffuse, turn off, wind up, wrap up), kufizoj (circumscribe, confine, hedge in, hem, inclose, limit, localise, localize, narrow, restrain, restrict, specialize, stint, straiten, terminate, tie, truncate), fus (accept for, Bury, cram into, drive, embroil, engrain, enter, get in, inclose, interpolate, introduce, launch, mix in, pack, plunge, poke, pour into, press in, put, put in the picture, set, shove, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, work in), bashkëmbyll (enclose with, inclose). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قفل (block out, close, confine, fastener, inclose, latch, lock, obstruct, padlock, pen, plug, shut, shut down, shut out, shutter, turn off), ‏حصر (incarcerate, incarceration, inclose, intercept, limitation, pin, pocket, restrict, restriction, straiten, trap), ‏توحد (band together, inclose, retirement, solitude, uniformity, unite), ‏سيج (fence, hedge, inclose, rail), ‏طوق (band, be hemmed in, belt, besiege, cincture, circle, circumvent, clip, collar, compass, corral, embrace, encircle, encompass, enfold, entrench, envelop, fret, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, hoop, impale, inclose, include, invest, outflank, ring, round, strap, surround, take off, zone), ‏ضمن (assure, avouch, embody, ensure, farm out, guarantee, inclose, include, inside, insure, secure, sponsor, vouch, within), ‏إنطوى على (enfold, inclose, involve), ‏إشتمل (comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, have, inclose, include, take in), ‏رفق في مغلف (inclose). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ограждам (circumscribe, fence, fence in, fringe, hedge, hem, rail, roll up), обграждам (circumvent, encircle, surround), затварям (case, cicatrize, close, constrain, douse, gaol, hem, house, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, latch, lock, lock up, mew, obturate, pen, prison, pull to, restrain, screw up, seal off, shut, shut away, shut in, shut up, stop, turn off), заграждам с, заграждам (contain, edge, encircle, encompass, environ, fence, fence in, flank, inclose, lock in, rail, shut in, stem, stop, throw around, throw round), прилагам (adjoin, administer, apply, attach, bestow, carry out, enforce, execute, join, practice, practise, pursue, put through, subjoin), изолирам (enisle, insulate, island, isolate, seal, seal off, seclude, segregate, sequester, sequestrate, shut in, shut off). (various references)

Chinese 

附寄 . (various references)

Czech

přiložit (attach, set), přibalit, oplotit (fence, fence in), ohradit (fence, fence in, fence off, Park, rail in, wall), obehnat (surround). (various references)

Dutch

omsluiten (fence off). (various references)

Esperanto

ĉirkaŭfermi. (various references)

Farsi 

حصاریاچینه کشیدن دور, درمیان گذاشتن (Insert), درجوف قراردادن , به پیوست فرستادن . (various references)

Finnish

ympäröidä (encircle, envelop, surround), oheistaa, oheinen, liittää oheen, liittää (add, attach, incorporate, join, unite), aidata (bar, barrier, fence). (various references)

French

entourer (encircle, encompass, enfold), enserrez, enserrer, enserrent, enferment, enclosez, encercler (encircle), joindre, inclure (encompass), cloîtrer, clôture (enclosure). (various references)

German

umgeben (beleaguer, encircle, encompass, gird, hem about, hem around, hem in, surround, to enclose, to encompass, to environ, to surround), einschließen (box, confine to quarters, encircle, entitle, hem in, imply, inclose, include, involve, lock in, lock up, put away, seal in, shut, shut away, shut in, stow, surround, to embed, to enclose, to entitle, to imprison, to inclose, to include, to involve). (various references)

Greek 

περικλείω (contain, encompass, hem). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�'�"ר (fence), לס�'ור (close, lock up, occlude, shut). (various references)

Hungarian

mellékel (append, inclose, subjoin, to annex, to append, to enclose), körülkerít (encircle, inclose, to belt, to circle, to close in, to encircle, to enclose, to hedge in, to immure, to park, to picket). (various references)

Indonesian

merangkum (embrace, encompass), mengurus (administer). (various references)

Irish

iaigh. (various references)

Italian

rinchiudere (comprehend, confine, coop, immure, inclose, include, lock up, put away, shut away, shut in), circondare (beset, besiege, circle, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, inclose, ring, shroud, surround, surround oneself, troop round, wind), allegare (allege, annex, append, attach, attribute, inclose), accludere (annex, inclose). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

封入 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふうにゅう. (various references)

Korean 

둘러싸십시�" (inclose). (various references)

Manx

cur stiagh (bring home, buy in, drop, embody, embrace, harvest, house, input, insert, insertion, install, installation, interject, interruption, intervention, lay up, pass, put in, return), cruinnaghey (assemblage, assemblage persons, beseige, congregation, focus, gather, head, hive, huddle, mass, raise, round, screw up, sum up, troop), boallaghey (impale, to wall). (various references)

Norwegian

vedlegge, innhenge, inneslutte. (various references)

Pig Latin

encloseay.(various references)

Portuguese

enclausurar (cloister, immure, inclose, mew), encerrar (accomodate, chamber, close, closet, coffin, contain, embay, encase, finish, girdle, hoop, imply, impound, incase, inclose, lock, lock in, mure, shut, shut in, shut up, terminate, wind up), rodear (begird, cant, circle, circumvent, detour, embay, embosom, encircle, environ, girdle, go around, inclose, lock in, mob, outflank, outfox, rim, ring, ring up, shut in, surround, wreathe), meter dentro (inclose), juntar (accumulate, add, adjoin, affix, amass, annex, annexe, append, assemble, attach, brace, bulk, cohere, collect, conjoin, connect, couple, fund, gather, get-together, halve, heap, herd, huddle, inclose, inosculate, join, joining, joint, mass, mix, muster, piece, piece together, put to, put together, rake, reunite, run-on, seam, splice, stash, subjoin, tack, unite, weld), incluir (add, add in, comprise, contain, count, embody, embrace, inclose, include, including, number, take in, to include), inclua (include), cercar (bar up, barrier in, beleaguer, besiege, cincture, close, compass, coop, corral, embosom, encircle, environ, girdle, hedge, hurdle, impound, inclose, ring, ring up, surround), anexar (adhibit, affix, annex, annexe, append, attach, inclose). (various references)

Romanian

pune (add, adhibit, annex, append, apply, attach, bet on, cause, deposit, do, Don, draw, dress, hang, impose, lay, lay down, lay on, lay up, Mount, place, pose, position, propose, put, put down, put in, put on, put up, repose, set, sow, stick), ocoli (avoid, cheat, circumambulate, double upon, elide, eschew, fly, Parry, pass by, pass off, ramble, round, shun, side step, wander), mãrgini (border, bound, include, limit, margin, mark off, verge), include (add in, comprehend, comprise, contain, count in, cover, embosom, embrace, include, take in), anexa (add, join, schedule, tag), alãtura (adjoin, annex, approach, collate, compare, confront, join, juxtapose), adãuga (accede, add, adjoin, affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, complete, enlarge, extend, follow up with, prefix, schedule, superinduce, supervene, supplement, swell, tack), îngrãdi (bar, close, girdle, hedge, like, pale, protect, rail in, ring, surround, swaddle, wall), înconjura (beset, besiege, by pass, circumambulate, close, compass, embosom, encircle, encompass, engirdle, ensphere, environ, flank, gird, girdle, go, go round, hem, hoop, pale, parclose, rim, round, shut in, surround, wreathe), închide (bar, block, bolt, cage, chest, clap up, clasp, clench, close, closet, comprise, confine, contain, crib, darken, embay, fasten, furl, girdle, half-shut, heal, hem, impound, imprison, include, lock, occlude, seal, shut, shut down, shut in, shut the works down, stopper), încadra (appoint, border, encircle, enframe, frame, surround), împrejmui (close, environ, fence, hedge, hem, pale, parclose, protect, surround). (various references)

Russian 

вкладывать (inclose, invest, put in), окружать (begird, beset, close round, cluster around, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, encompass, enlace, envelop, environ, fence about, hem, inclose, round up, surround, surrounds), окаймлять (befringe, edge, inclose), ограничивать (bound, circumscribe, confine, constrain, delimit, determine, hedge, inclose, limit, narrow, pinch, qualify, restrain, restrict, scanting, scrimp, set a limit, set bounds, specialize, stint, straiten, terminate), обнести (inclose), загородить (fence in, inclose), прилагать;огораживать;заключать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zatarabiti (fence), zagraditi (fence in), priložiti (contribute, inclose), ograditi (fence in, hedge, partition off, surround). (various references)

Spanish

encerrar (box up, carry, comprehend, confine, crate, encase, enshrine, ground, hem in, immure, inclose, include, lock in, lock up, pen, pen in, pen up, shut, shut away, shut down, shut in, shut up). (various references)

Swedish

innesluta (embed, embody, embosom, encase, encircle, envelop, imbed, incase, inclose, lock, seal, shut in, wreathe), bifoga (add, adjoin, annex, append, attach, inclose, tack to). (various references)

Turkish

etrafını çevirmek (begird, encircle, enclave, encompass, hedge, hedge in, hedge round, inclose, surround), kuşatmak (begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, cincture, circle, compass, embosom, encircle, encompass, engird, engirdle, envelop, environ, equip, gird, girdle, Girt, girth, hedge in, hedge round, hem about, hem around, hem in, inclose, invest, lay siege to, ring, shut in, surround, zone), kapsamak (be inclusive of, blanket, compass, comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, embrace, encapsulate, encompass, implicate, incapsulate, inclose, include, involve, span, subsume), kapatmak (ante up, buy up, cap, clear, close, close down, close up, cloud, cover, furl, impound, incarcerate, inclose, intern, interrupt, liquidate, obturate, occlude, put up, seal, seal off, shut, shut down, shut off, shut to, shut up, switch off, wall), iliştirmek (affix, append, attach, buckle, buckle on, buckle up, fasten, inclose, subjoin), içermek (comprise, contain, cover, embody, encapsulate, implicate, imply, incapsulate, inclose, include, number, span, store, subsume), çit ile çevirmek (fence, fence in, hedge, hedge in, hedge round, pale in, palisade), çevrelemek (begird, cincture, circle, encircle, environ, girdle, inclose, orb, ring, ring in, surround, swathe, twine about, twine around, wreathe), çevirmek (assemble, avert, bowl, change to, commute, convert, decline, deflect, divert, encircle, exchange, flip, flip over, hedge in, hedge round, inclose, interpret, manage, point, point on, pull, render, revert, roll, roll over, screw, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, surround, switch to, translate, translate into, turn, turn into, turn on, turn over, turn to, twiddle, twirl, upturn, whip, wind, wind up, zone). (various references)

Turkmen 

gurюawmak (encircle). (various references)

Ukrainian

вкладати, оточувати (bank, beleaguer, beset, besiege, box, circle, compass, cordon, embosom, embrace, encircle, encompass, enlace, environ, gird, girdle, girth, hang about, hem about, hem in, inclose, mob, palisade, ring, skirt, surround, zone), обмежувати (abridge, astrict, bail, bound, circumscribe, confine, cramp, limit, narrow, pinch on, restrain, restrict, stint, straiten, terminate). (various references)

Welsh

cau (barricade, block, close, concave, hollow, shut), amga/u (shut in). (various references)

arceo, circumcinxit, circumda, circumdabat, circumdabis, circumdabisque, circumdabit, circumdabo, circumdabor, circumdabunt, circumdamus, circumdans, circumdant, circumdantes, circumdantibus, circumdantis, circumdantium, circumdaretur, circumdari, circumdat, circumdata, circumdate, circumdati, circumdatis, circumdato, circumdatur, circumdatus, circumdederant, circumdederat, circumdederis, circumdederunt, circumdedi, circumdedissent, circumdedisti, circumdedit, circumdeditque, circumdem, circumdent, circumdet, circumplexi, circumsepsit, circumseptae, circumseptam, circumseptum, claudamus, claudat, claude, claudent, claudentur, clauderetur, claudet, claudetur, claudeturque, claudi, claudit, clauditis, clausa, clausae, clausas, clauserat, clauserit, clausero, clauserunt, clausi, clausis, clausisset, clausit, clausitque, clauso, clausos, clausum, clausus, claususque, clude, cludendi, cludentur, cludere, cludit, cluserit, cluserunt, cluseruntque, clusit, cluso, clusum, clusuris, coerceo, coercere, coercitus, coercui, concludere, consepta, contenta, contenti, contentus, contine, contineant, continebantur, continebat, continebis, continebit, continebunt, continendi, continens, continent, continentem, continentes, continentia, continentis, continentur, continere, continerent, contineret, continet, continetis, continuerit, continuerunt, continuimus, continuisti, continuit, includet, includetur, includo, incluserunt, inclusi, inclusit, inclusor, inclusorem, inclusos, percontinuit. (various references)

befon, lucan. (various references)

embracer, enclaver. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "enclose": enclosed, encloser, enclosers, encloses. (additional references)

Words containing "enclose": unenclosed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Enclose" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enclode, Enclos, encloser, enclouser, ercoles, ercols, Euclase, eucmos, inclusa, incluse, Lenclos. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: clones, leones.

-2 letters: cense, clone, clons, close, coles, cones, enols, lenes, lenos, lense, leone, noels, onces, scene, scone, socle.

-3 letters: cees, cels, clon, cole, cols, cone, cons, eels, else, enol, eons, lees, leno, lens, lone, lose, noel, noes, nose, oles, once, ones, seel, seen, sene, sloe, sole, sone.

-4 letters: cee, cel, col, con, cos.

+1 letter: cineoles, colleens, echelons, enclosed, encloser, encloses, ensorcel.

+2 letters: closeness, counseled, counselee, elections, electrons, enclosers, enclosure, ensorcell, ensorcels, florences, insolence, lycopenes, nucleoles, obscenely, opulences, penoncels, selection, violences.

+3 letters: adolescent, arecolines, cellphones, centrioles, chameleons, clowneries, coalescent, coldnesses, comeliness, concealers, convalesce, conversely, coolnesses, counselees, counselled, covalences, covellines, declension, eloquences, enclosures, enscrolled, ensorceled, ensorcells, florescent, houseclean, indolences, insolences, isoleucine, necropoles, nucleoside, nucleosome, opalescent, opulencies, overcleans, pennoncels, reconciles, redolences, selections, skeletonic, solacement, solvencies, somnolence, tolerances, uncoalesce, unenclosed.