Meaning of word enclose

: to include along with something else in a parcel or envelope

The pie’s flaky crust encloses a fruit filling.

Enclose the fish in foil and bake.

She enclosed a photo with the card.

Please enclose a check with your application.

Enclosed with this letter are the tickets you ordered.

Recent Examples on the Web

Try it with some airy chicken wire to enclose a garden, plant vines around it for a lush barrier, or go all in on the rustic vibes with weathered planks.


—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023




Larney said there are also plans to enclose an outdoor area to create more room for events in the winter months.


—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2023




Bring up sides of foil around beets; fold ends to enclose.


—Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023




Two smaller outbuildings, for guardians and workers, enclose it.


—Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2023




Fold the remaining edges together to completely enclose mussels, leaving space for steam to build.


—Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2023




In September, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency granted Sims a construction permit to enclose its controversial shredder to reduce emissions of particulate matter and volatile organic material from the facility.


—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2023




The lawsuit, filed Monday in the 193rd Civil District Court in Dallas County, accuses the aquarium of having failed to properly enclose the habitat or warn guests about the potential dangers of the animals.


—Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2022




The slopes, a tie-dye of mineral hues, enclose iridescent, glacier-fed lakes.


—Raghu Karnad, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2020


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Etymology

Middle English, probably from enclos enclosed, from Anglo-French, past participle of enclore to enclose, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudere, alteration of Latin includere — more at include

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Time Traveler

The first known use of enclose was
in the 14th century

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См. также в других словарях:

• enclose — vb Enclose, envelop, fence, pen, coop, corral, cage, wall mean to surround so as to shut in or confine actually or apparently. Enclose implies a shutting in by barriers (as walls) or in an enveloping cover (as a case); the term may be used… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• enclose — [en klōz′, inklōz′] vt. enclosed, enclosing [ME enclosen, prob. < enclos, an enclosure < OFr, orig. pp. of enclore, to enclose < VL * inclaudere, for L includere, INCLUDE] 1. to shut in all around; hem in; fence in; surround 2. to insert …   English World dictionary

• Enclose — En*close , v. t. [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en (L. in) + clore to close. See {Close}, and cf. {Inclose}, {Include}.] To inclose. See {Inclose}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• enclose — I verb blockade, bound, bracket, capture, cingere, circumscribe, circumvallate, close in, compass, confine, contain, embrace, encase, encincture, encircle, encompass, enfold, envelop, environ, fence in, gird, girdle, hem in, immure, impound,… …   Law dictionary

• enclose — UK US /ɪnˈkləʊz/ verb [T] ► COMMUNICATIONS to include something inside a letter or parcel: »Apply in writing, enclosing a current CV, to the address below. »Please find enclosed an application form and information about the company …   Financial and business terms

• enclose — early 14c., from EN (Cf. en ) (1) + CLOSE (Cf. close), and partially from O.Fr. enclos, pp. of enclore. Specific sense of to fence in waste or common ground for the purpose of cultivation or to give it to private owners, is from c.1500. Meaning… …   Etymology dictionary

• enclose — is the correct form for the word meaning ‘to close in, include, etc.’, not inclose …   Modern English usage

• enclose — [v] put inside, surround blockade, block off, bound, box up, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, coop, corral, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, fence off*, hedge, hem in*, imbue, immure, implant,… …   New thesaurus

• enclose — (also inclose) ► VERB 1) surround or close off on all sides. 2) place in an envelope together with a letter. ORIGIN Old French enclore, from Latin includere shut in …   English terms dictionary

• enclose */ — UK [ɪnˈkləʊz] / US [ɪnˈkloʊz] verb [transitive] Word forms enclose : present tense I/you/we/they enclose he/she/it encloses present participle enclosing past tense enclosed past participle enclosed 1) to surround someone or something Her arms… …   English dictionary

• enclose — Inclose In*close , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inclosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inclosing}.] [See {Enclose}, and cf. {Include}.] [Written also {enclose}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Other forms: enclosed; enclosing; encloses

To enclose something is to surround it or cover it up. An envelope encloses a letter.

To enclose is to put something inside something else. A crowd of people could enclose a celebrity, or a wall might enclose a garden. In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “Masque of the Red Death,” the Prince encloses his party guests inside the castle walls (along with the Red Death). (Oops!) A box might enclose a present. If you enclose something with a letter, you’re putting it in the envelope, too.

Definitions of enclose

1. “Darkness
   enclosed him”

   synonyms:

   close in, inclose, shut in

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   insert, tuck

   fit snugly into

   wall in, wall up

   enclose with a wall

   bower, embower

   enclose in a bower

   enshrine, shrine

   enclose in a shrine

   case, encase, incase

   enclose in, or as if in, a case

   bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up

   enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

   border, frame, frame in

   enclose in or as if in a frame

   glass, glass in

   enclose with glass

   bank

   enclose with a bank

   dike, dyke

   enclose with a dike

   encapsulate

   enclose in a capsule or other small container

   fence, fence in

   enclose with a fence

   cordon off, rope in, rope off

   divide by means of a rope

   casket

   enclose in a casket

   corral

   enclose in a corral

   fort, fortify

   enclose by or as if by a fortification

   hedge, hedge in

   enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

   brick in, brick over, brick up

   wall up with brick

   pack

   arrange in a container

   box, package

   put into a box

   sack

   put in a sack

   crate

   put into a crate; as for protection

   trench

   fortify by surrounding with trenches

   embattle

   fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense

   type of:

   border, environ, ring, skirt, surround

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

3. verb

   enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

4. synonyms:

   inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in

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   plug

   insert as a plug

   plug

   insert a plug into

   inoculate

   introduce a microorganism into

   inset

   set or place in

   glass

   put in a glass container

   catheterise, catheterize

   insert a catheter into (a body part)

   cup

   put into a cup

   interlard, intersperse

   introduce one’s writing or speech with certain expressions

   feed, feed in

   introduce continuously

   slip

   insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly

   foist

   insert surreptitiously or without warrant

   inject, shoot

   force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

   seed

   inoculate with microorganisms

   interleave

   intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations

   type of:

   lay, place, pose, position, put, set

   put into a certain place or abstract location