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| dike |
to furnish, enclose, or protect with a dike. [1/6 definitions] |
| dome |
to cover or enclose with or as with a dome. [1/7 definitions] |
| duct |
a channel made to enclose electrical cables or wires. [1/2 definitions] |
| embank |
to enclose or support with a mound or wall of earth or stone; construct an embankment around or along. |
| embay |
to surround, enclose, or shelter in a bay, or as in a bay. |
| embed |
to set or enclose firmly in some surrounding material. [1/2 definitions] |
| embower |
to cover or enclose in, or as in, a bower. |
| encase |
to enclose in, or as though in, a case. |
| encompass |
to surround or enclose. [1/2 definitions] |
| encyst |
to enclose in, form, or become enclosed in a cyst. |
| envelop |
to cover, wrap, enclose, or surround. |
| envelope |
a folded paper wrapper made to enclose an object such as a letter, esp. for mailing. [1/2 definitions] |
| enwrap |
to surround completely; enclose; envelop. [1/2 definitions] |
| fasten |
to enclose securely, as in an enclosure or restraint. [1/8 definitions] |
| fence |
to enclose within a barrier, esp. a fence, for purposes of protection or division (often fol. by "in," "off," or "out"). [1/5 definitions] |
| fog |
to cover, enclose, or obscure with or as if with a fog. [1/8 definitions] |
| fold1 |
to wrap, encase, or enclose. [1/16 definitions] |
| frame |
to enclose within a rim or border. [1/9 definitions] |
| gastrula |
an embryo in an early stage of development consisting of two saclike layers of cells that enclose a central cavity. |
| hedge |
to enclose or mark off as with a boundary such as a hedge (usu. fol. by "in"). [1/5 definitions] |
| inclose |
variant of enclose. |
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