Synonyms for enclose
verb
To shut in all around
confine, contain, surround, hem in, encircle, encompass, envelop, close in, shut in, circumscribe, corral, impound, blockade, picket, block off, fence in, fence off, set apart, lock up, imprison, immure, intern, jail, shut up, lock in, cage, drive in, keep in, build in, box in, rail in, wall in, box off, box up, bottle up, freeze over; see also surround 1, 2.
Antonyms free, liberate, open.
To put in an envelope, wrapper, etc.
insert, include, wrap up, implant; see embed 1, include 2.
See enclose in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
enclose cage coop fence hem 1pen 2wall
These verbs mean to surround and confine within a limited area: cattle enclosed in feedlots; was caged in the office all afternoon; was cooped up in a studio apartment; a garden fenced in by shrubbery; a battalion hemmed in by enemy troops; ships penned up in the harbor; prisoners who were walled in.
See enclose in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To surround and advance upon:
besiege, close in, envelop, hedge, hem. See openTo confine within a limited area:
cage, coop (in or up), fence (in), immure, mew (up), pen2, shut in, shut up, wall (in or up). See free
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