enclose (redirected from inclosed)

en·close  (n-klz) also in·close (n-)

tr.v. en·closed, en·clos·ing, en·clos·es

1. To surround on all sides; close in.

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

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

4. 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 incldere, to enclose; see include.]

Synonyms: enclose, cage, coop, 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; 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.

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enclose

Verb

[-closing, -closed]

1. to surround completely: the house enclosed a courtyard

2. to include along with something else: he enclosed a letter with the parcel

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" dike, dyke - enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water" 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 or 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

verb 2. send with, include, put in, insert

Translations

enclose [ɪnˈkləuz] vt [+ land] → cercar;

(with letter etc) → adjuntar;

(in receptacle): to enclose (with) → encerrar (con);

please find enclosed → le mandamos adjunto

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enclose [ɪnˈkləuz] vt [+ land] → clôturer [+ space, object]; entourer [+ letter etc];

to enclose (with) → joindre (à);

please find enclosed → veuillez trouver ci-joint

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enclose [ɪnˈkləuz] vt → umgeben;

(land, space) → begrenzen;

(with fence) → einzäunen;

(letter etc);

to enclose (with) → beilegen (+dat);

please find enclosed → als Anlage übersenden wir Ihnen

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enclose [ɪnˈkləuz] vt [+ land] → circondare, recingere [+ letter etc]: to enclose (with) → allegare (con);

please find enclosed → trovi qui accluso