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Inclose

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.

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Manner of action 36

Bank 76% connected

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

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Border 76% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Bower 76% connected

One who bows or bends.

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Bury 76% connected

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

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Case 76% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Casket 76% connected

A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.

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Catheterize 76% connected

To operate on with a catheter.

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Corral 76% connected

A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, e…

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Cup 76% connected

A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, c…

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Dike 76% connected

A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

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Dyke 76% connected

See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

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Embower 76% connected

To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.

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Encase 76% connected

To inclose as in a case. See Incase.

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Enshrine 76% connected

To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Fence 76% connected

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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Foist 76% connected

A light and fast-sailing ship.

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Fort 76% connected

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisa…

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Fortify 76% connected

To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Glass 76% connected

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or…

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Hedge 76% connected

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…

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Immerse 76% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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Incase 76% connected

To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.

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Inject 76% connected

To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject mo…

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Inoculate 76% connected

To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Inset 76% connected

To infix.

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Interlard 76% connected

To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean.

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Intersperse 76% connected

To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book.

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Plug 76% connected

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Shrine 76% connected

A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Swallow 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

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Tuck 76% connected

A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

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Broader term 11

Border 76% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Environ 76% connected

To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Ring 76% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Skirt 76% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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Surround 76% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Derivationally related 4

Insert 74% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Insert 74% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Insertion 74% connected

The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

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Insertion 74% connected

The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

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Synonym 3

Enclose 92% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Insert 92% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Introduce 92% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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