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enclosing

enclosing is the present participle and gerund of enclose.

Noun

enclosing (plural enclosings)

  1. That which encloses.
    • And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. […] And they set in it four rows of stones: […] the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 39:10-13
  2. The act or situation by which something is enclosed.
    • Duane Duck is a play of boxes, explicit and implicit, frangible or firm; indeed, Duane Duck is a play about boxes, a performance of all manner of relations to enclosings.1995, Frederick Garber, Repositionings, page 131

Meaning of enclose

Verb

enclose (third-person singular simple present encloses, present participle enclosing, simple past and past participle enclosed)

  1. (transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
    • to enclose lands
  2. (transitive) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
    • Please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope if you require a reply.

Adjective

enclosing (not comparable)

  1. Of a region, containing all points of a given set within its bounds.
    Synonyms:
    bounding

Synonyms of enclosing

Forms of enclosing

pluralenclosings

Questions about enclosing

What does enclosing mean?
Enclosing means that which encloses.
What is enclosing the present participle and gerund of?
Enclosing is the present participle and gerund of enclose.
What part of speech is enclosing?
Enclosing can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of enclosing?
The plural of enclosing is enclosings.

Words near enclosing in the dictionary

  1. encloser
  2. enclosers
  3. encloses
  4. enclosest
  5. encloseth
  6. enclosing
  7. enclosings
  8. enclosure
  9. enclosures
  10. enclothe
  11. enclothed

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