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Noun enclosing has 1 sense
- enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure - the act of enclosing something inside something else
--1 is a kind of insertion, introduction, intromission
--1 has particulars: packing, boxing; encasement, incasement
Verb enclose has 4 senses
- envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
--1 is one way to cover
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- enclose, hold in, confine - close in or confine
--2 is one way to hold, bear, carry, contain
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- enclose, inclose, shut in - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"
--3 is one way to surround, skirt, border
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"
--4 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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