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All encase synonyms

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verb encase

  • immure β€” to enclose within walls.
  • implant β€” to put or fix firmly: to implant sound principles in a child's mind.
  • impound β€” to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
  • imprison β€” to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • include β€” to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
  • induct β€” to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
  • intern β€” to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
  • jail β€” a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
  • limit β€” the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
  • mew β€” a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
  • pen β€” a female swan.
  • close in β€” If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
  • coop β€” A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits.
  • lock in β€” a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • lock up β€” a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • mure β€” Obsolete. a wall.
  • set apart β€” to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • shut in β€” closed; fastened up: a shut door.
  • embrace β€” An act of holding someone closely in one's arms.
  • hug β€” to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
  • clasp β€” If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
  • clinch β€” If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
  • clutch β€” If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
  • drape β€” to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
  • girdle β€” a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
  • grab β€” to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
  • hold β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • press β€” to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
  • squeeze β€” to press forcibly together; compress.
  • wrap up β€” something to be wrapped about the person, especially in addition to the usual indoor clothing, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater: an evening wrap.
  • build β€” If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
  • construct β€” to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
  • fabricate β€” to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
  • mold β€” loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
  • assemble β€” When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
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