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Exact Match:

surround: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"; be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

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encapsulate collapse: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"; enclose in a capsule or other small container

rope off collapse

tuck in collapse: eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"

stake out collapse

reach out collapse: attempt to communicate; "I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me"

get away with collapse

embed collapse: attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division"

imbed collapse

go around in circles collapse

encase collapse: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"

context collapse: discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation; the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"

ingest collapse

beleaguer collapse

circumnavigate collapse: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"

sheathe collapse: plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh; enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword"; cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"

swaddle collapse: wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant"

swathe collapse: an enveloping bandage

thrust out collapse

fence in collapse

incarcerate collapse

enshroud collapse

enfold collapse

imprison collapse: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"; confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

hem in collapse: surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"

delimit collapse

besiege collapse: harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"; surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"; cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"

eat up collapse: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"

impound collapse: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"; take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

circumscribe collapse: draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"; to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

close in collapse: advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

wall in collapse: enclose with a wall

enshrine collapse: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"; hold sacred

cage collapse: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept; the net that is the goal in ice hockey; United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992); something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement; confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"

box in collapse: enclose or confine as if in a box

go out collapse: become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark"; leave the house to go somewhere; "We never went out when our children were small"; take the field; "The soldiers went out on missions"; go out of fashion; become unfashionable

kennel collapse: outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog; put up in a kennel; "kennel a dog"

soften up collapse

specify collapse: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"; be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"; determine the essential quality of

wrap up collapse

stretch out collapse

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