enclose
English
/ənˈkloʊz/, /ɪnˈkləʊz/, /ɪnˈkloʊz/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to surround with a wall, fence, etc.
- (transitive) to insert into a container, usually an envelope or package
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English enclosen, enclos derived from Old French enclose derived from Latin *inclaudo, *inclaudere, *inclaudō, inclūdō affix from English close (enclosed) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kleh₂w-
Gloss
hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abocclusion English
- autoclose English
- beclose English
- benocclusion English
- claustral English
- claustrum English
- clavichord English
- cloisterless English
- cloisterlike English
- cloistress English
- closability English
- closable English
- close English
- close stoole English
- close-handed English
- close-stool English
- closeability English
- closeable English
- closeby English
- closefisted English
- closehanded English
- closely English
- closeminded English
- closemouthed English
- closen English
- closeness English
- closereefed English
- closestool English
- closet English
- closeth English
- closish English
- cloyingly English
- disenclose English
- disocclusion English
- encloister English
- enclosable English
- encloser English
- enclosest English
- encloseth English
- exclusive English
- foreclose English
- foreclosee English
- inclusively English
- inclusiveness English
- inclusivity English
- interclose English
- malocclusion English
- misclose English
- non-exclusive English
- nonoccluded English
- nonocclusion English
- number close English
- occluder English
- occlusive English
- overclose English
- overinclusivity English
- postocclusion English
- pre-occluded English
- preocclusion English
- reclose English
- reocclude English
- reocclusion English
- unclose English
- unoccluded English
- upclose English
- vasoocclusion English
- *inclaudo, *inclaudere, *inclaudō Latin
- circumcludo Latin
- claustrum Latin
- clausum Latin
- clausus Latin
- clavis Latin
- clāvis Latin
- clāvus Latin
- clāvīcula Latin
- excludo Latin
- exclusio Latin
- exclusivus Latin
- exclusiō Latin
- exclūdō Latin
- includo Latin
- inclusio Latin
- inclusio, inclusionis Latin
- inclūdere, inclūdō Latin
- inclūdō Latin
- inclūsus Latin
- occludo Latin
- occludĕre Latin
- occlūdō Latin
- occlūsiōnem, occlūsiō Latin
- cloisonné French
- clos French
- κλείς Ancient Greek
- *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- *kleh₂ud-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- *klāw- Proto-Indo-European
- forclȳsan Old English
- closen Middle English
- enclos Middle English
- enclosen Middle English
- clós Irish
- cloistrier Old French
- enclose Old French
- cloistral Middle French
- *klāwos Proto-Celtic
- ncljid Aromanian
- achlwedd Proto-Brythonic
- κλᾳ̃θρα grc-dor
- close
- closen
- closet
- unclose
- closeth
- closely
- closeby
- closish
- beclose
- upclose
- reclose
- closable
- occluder
- misclose
- encloser
- foreclose
- claustrum
- cloyingly
- reocclude
- closeness
- closeable
- overclose
- autoclose
- occlusive
- claustral
- exclusive
- enclosest
- encloseth
- encloister
- disenclose
- unoccluded
- foreclosee
- enclosable
- interclose
- cloistress
- clavichord
- closestool
- closehanded
- closeminded
- closability
- inclusivity
- abocclusion
- reocclusion
- nonoccluded
- close-stool
- closefisted
- inclusively
- closereefed
- number close
- close stoole
- close-handed
- disocclusion
- cloisterlike
- cloisterless
- closemouthed
- closeability
- benocclusion
- malocclusion
- preocclusion
- pre-occluded
- nonocclusion
- non-exclusive
- inclusiveness
- vasoocclusion
- postocclusion
- overinclusivity