CLOSE IN

Pronunciation (US):

• CLOSE IN (verb)
  The verb CLOSE IN has 2 senses:

1. advance or converge on
2. surround completely

  Familiarity information: CLOSE IN used as a verb is rare.

• CLOSE IN (verb)

Meaning:

Advance or converge on

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

close in; draw in

Context example:

The police were closing in on him

Hypernyms (to "close in" is one way to...):

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Surround completely

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

inclose; shut in; close in; enclose

Context examples:

Darkness enclosed him / They closed in the porch with a fence

Hypernyms (to "close in" is one way to...):

border; skirt; surround (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "close in"):

insert; tuck (fit snugly into)

fort; fortify (enclose by or as if by a fortification)

corral (enclose in a corral)

casket (enclose in a casket)

cordon off; rope in; rope off (divide by means of a rope)

fence; fence in (enclose with a fence)

encapsulate (enclose in a capsule or other small container)

dike; dyke (enclose with a dike)

bank (enclose with a bank)

glass; glass in (enclose with glass)

border; frame; frame in (enclose in or as if in a frame)

bury; eat up; immerse; swallow; swallow up (enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing)

case; encase; incase (enclose in, or as if in, a case)

enshrine; shrine (enclose in a shrine)

bower; embower (enclose in a bower)

wall in; wall up (enclose with a wall)

hedge; hedge in (enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something