enclose

en·close

(ĕn-klōz′) also in·close (ĭn-)

tr.v. en·closed, en·clos·ing, en·clos·es also in·closed or in·clos·ing or in·clos·es

1.

a. To surround on all sides; close in: a valley that is enclosed by rugged peaks.

b. To fence in so as to prevent common use: enclosed the pasture.

c. To build or equip with a roof and walls: enclosed the deck for winter use.

2. To contain, especially so as to envelop or shelter: "Every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret" (Charles Dickens).

3. To insert into the same envelope or package: enclose a check with the order.

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[Middle English enclosen, from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore, from Latin inclūdere; see include.]

Synonyms: enclose, cage, fence, hem¹, pen², wall
These verbs mean to surround and confine within a limited area: cattle enclosed in feedlots; was caged in the office all afternoon; a garden fenced in by shrubbery; a battalion hemmed in by enemy troops; ships penned up in the harbor; prisoners who were walled in.

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enclose

(ɪnˈkləʊz) or

inclose

vb (tr)

1. to close; hem in; surround

2. to surround (land) with or as if with a fence

3. to put in an envelope or wrapper, esp together with a letter

4. to contain or hold

enˈclosable, inˈclosable adj

enˈcloser, inˈcloser n

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en•close

(ɛnˈkloʊz)

v.t. -closed, -clos•ing.

1. to close in on all sides; shut in.

2. to surround, as with a fence: to enclose land.

3. to insert in the same envelope, package, etc.: to enclose a check.

4. to contain or hold.

[1275–1325]

en•clos′a•ble, adj.

en•clos′er, n.

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enclose

Past participle: enclosed
Gerund: enclosing

Imperative

enclose

enclose

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	enclose - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" benight - envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area" tube - place or enclose in a tube capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize - enclose in a capsule engulf - flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely" sheathe - enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword" cocoon - wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection bathe - suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight" enshroud, shroud, hide, cover - cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
	2.	enclose - close in; darkness enclosed him" hold in, confine contain, bear, carry, hold - contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" border, bound - form the boundary of; be contiguous to embank - enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke" rail in, rail - enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves" box in, box up - enclose or confine as if in a box frame - enclose in a frame, as of a picture
	3.	enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" inclose, shut in, close in tuck, insert - fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in" wall in, wall up - enclose with a wall bower, embower - enclose in a bower border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" enshrine, shrine - enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral" encase, incase, case - enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud" swallow up, eat up, immerse, swallow, bury - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" frame, frame in, border - enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" glass in, glass - enclose with glass; "glass in a porch" bank - enclose with a bank; "bank roads" encapsulate - enclose in a capsule or other small container fence, fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" cordon off, rope in, rope off - divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred" casket - enclose in a casket corral - enclose in a corral; "corral the horses" fort, fortify - enclose by or as if by a fortification hedge in, hedge - enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges; "hedge the property"
	4.	enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here" put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce plug - insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle" plug - insert a plug into; "plug the wall" 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); "catheterize the patient's bladder" cup - put into a cup; "cup the milk" interlard, intersperse - introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions feed in, feed - introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor" slip - insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" foist - insert surreptitiously or without warrant lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" inject, shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

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enclose

inclose

verb

1. surround, cover, circle, bound, wrap, fence, pound, pen, hedge, confine, close in, encompass, wall in, encircle, encase, fence in, impound, circumscribe, hem in, shut in, environ The land was enclosed by an eight-foot wire fence.

2. send with, include, put in, insert I enclose a cheque for £10.

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enclose

verb

1. To surround and advance upon:

besiege, close in, envelop, hedge, hem.

2. To confine within a limited area:

cage, coop (in or up), fence (in), immure, mew (up), pen, shut in, shut up, wall (in or up).

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Translations

يُحيطُ بيُرْفِقُ، يَضَعُ في مُغَلَّف

indhegnemedsendeomgivevedlægge

beifügeneingeschlossenumschließen

περικλείω

adjuntarcercarvallar

entourerfourrerintroduirejoindremettre

mellékel

girîaleggja hjá

accludereracchiudererecintoallegareallegato

aptvarasaptvėrimasaptvertipriedas prie laiško

apņemtiežogotnorobežotpievienot

gjerde inninnhegnelegge vedomgi

заключатьзаключитьоградитьограждать

obkrožitipriložiti

çevrelemekilişikte göndermekkuşatmaksarmakzarfa koymak

围住放入封套

enclose

[ɪnˈkləʊz] VT

1. [+ land, garden] → cercar, vallar
to enclose with → cercar or vallar con

2. (= put in a receptacle) → meter, encerrar

3. (= include) → encerrar

4. (with letter) → remitir adjunto, adjuntar
I enclose a cheque → (remito) adjunto un cheque

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enclose

[ɪnˈkləʊz] vt

[+ land] → clôturer
enclosed by sth [+ hedge, fence] → clôturé(e) par qch

(in letter, parcel) [+ letter, money, cheque] → joindre
to enclose with → joindre à
please find enclosed → veuillez trouver ci-joint
please enclose a stamped addressed envelope → veuillez joindre une enveloppe timbrée et libellée

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enclose

vt

(= shut in) → einschließen; (= surround) → umgeben; (with fence etc) ground → einzäunen, einfrieden (geh)

(in a parcel, envelope) → beilegen (→ in, with dat), → beifügen (→ in, with dat); to enclose something in a letter → einem Brief etw beilegen; I am enclosing the original with the translation → anbei die Übersetzung sowie der Originaltext; I enclosed your letter with mine → ich habe Ihren Brief mit meinem mitgeschickt

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enclose

[ɪnˈkləʊz] vt

a. (land, garden) → recintare, recingere, circondare

b. (with letter) to enclose (with) → allegare (a)
please find enclosed a copy of ... → qui allegata è una copia di...

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enclose

(inˈkləuz) verb

1. to put inside a letter or its envelope. I enclose a cheque for $4.00. insluit يُرْفِقُ، يَضَعُ في مُغَلَّف прилагам juntar přiložit beifügen vedlægge; medsende εσωκλείωadjuntar kirjale lisama ضمیمه کردن؛ به همراه فرستادن sulkea joindre לְצָרֵף किसी लिफाफे इत्याि में डालना priložiti mellékel melampirkan leggja hjá accludere, allegare 同封する 동봉하다 įdėti pievienot (vēstulei) sertakan bijsluitenlegge vedzałączyć بندول،ايسا رول، په پا كټ كې اچول، را چا پيرول juntar a pune (într-un plic) вкладывать priložiť priložiti priložiti bifoga แนบ zarfa koymak, ilişikte göndermek 裝入信封 вкладати کسی خط یا لفافے کے ساتھ ڈالنا gửi kèm 把（公文、票据等）封入

2. to shut in. The garden was enclosed by a high wall. inperk, inkamp يُحيطُ ب затварям cercar obehnat eingeschlossen omgive; indhegne περικλείωcercar ümbritsema محصور کردن ympäröidä entourer לְהָקִיף बंद करना ograditi bekerít mengelilingi girða circondare, recingere 囲う 둘러싸다 aptverti apņemt; iežogot; norobežot dilindungi omsluitenomgi, gjerde inn, innhegneotoczyć بندول cercar a împrejmui огораживать obohnať obdati ograditi inhägna, innesluta, omge สร้างรั้วล้อม çevrelemek, sarmak, kuşatmak 圍住 оточувати; обгороджувати گھیرنا rào 围住

enˈclosure (-ʒə) noun

1. the act of enclosing. omheining تَطْويق، إحاطَه ограждане delimitação ohrazení die Einschließung indhegning έγκλειση encierro, cercamiento tarastus محصور سازی kotelointi clôtureהקפה अंत:क्षेत्र ograđivanje, prilaganje bekerítés pengepungan girðing chiusura, recinzione 囲むこと 둘러쌈 aptvėrimas iežogošana pengepungan het insluiten inngjerding, innhegning, innesperringogrodzenie اپيريال، محوطه، حصار: دكړكۍ چو كاټ، ضميمه (دليك delimitação împrejmuire огораживание ohradenie zapiranje ograđivanje inneslutande การปิด çevirme, sarma, kuşatma 封入 вкладення گھیراؤ việc rào đất đai lại 封入

2. land surrounded by a fence or wall. He keeps a donkey in that enclosure. afgekampte plek, kamp حَظيرَه оградено място cercado ohrazený pozemek die Einfriedung indelukke περίβολοςcercado tarandik محوطه aidattu alue enclosמתחם बाड़ इत्यादि के अंदर की जगह ograđena površina elkerített terület; (régi angliai:) bekerítés tempat terkurung umgirt svæði recinto 囲われた場所 에워싸인 토지 aptvaras iežogojums kurungan omheind stuk land inngjerdet/avsperret område zagroda محوطه cercado ţarc огороженное место ohradený pozemok ograda ograđeni prostor inhägnad การรั้วล้อม çevrili alan 圈地 огорожа دیوار سے گھرا گلیارا mảnh đất đã được rào lại 圈地

3. something put in along with a letter. I received your enclosure with gratitude. bygaande stuk, bybrief شَيءٌ مُرْفَق приложение anexo příloha die Anlage bilag κτ. που εσωκλείεται σε γράμμα anexo, carta adjunta kirjalisand پیوست؛ ضمیمه kirjeen liite pièce jointe דָבַר מְצוֹרָף पत्र में रखी कोई चीज prilog melléklet lampiran fylgiskjal allegato 同封物 동봉된 것 priedas prie laiško pievienojums (vēstulei) lampiran bijlagevedlegg, bilagzałącznik ضميمه anexo anexă (la o scrisoare) вложение, приложение príloha priloga prilog bilaga สิ่งที่แนบมา ekler 附件 додаток خط کے ساتھ رکھی گئی کوئی شے vật gửi kèm 附件

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enclose

vt. encerrar, cercar; [in a letter] incluir, adjuntar.

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