to enclose within
51confine — verb (t) /kənˈfaɪn / (say kuhn fuyn) (confined, confining) 1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict. 2. to shut or keep in; imprison. –noun /ˈkɒnfaɪn / (say konfuyn) 3. (usually plural) a boundary or bound; a border or frontier. –phrase 4.… …
52immure — /ɪˈmjuə / (say i myoohuh) verb (t) (immured, immuring) 1. to enclose within walls. 2. to shut in; confine. 3. to imprison. 4. to build into or entomb in a wall. 5. Obsolete to surround with walls; fortify. {Medieval Latin immūrāre, from Latin im… …
53case — Ⅰ. case [1] ► NOUN 1) an instance of a particular situation or set of circumstances. 2) an instance of a disease, injury, or problem. 3) an incident under official investigation by the police. 4) a legal action that is to be or has been decided… …
54wall — ► NOUN 1) a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land. 2) a side of a building or room. 3) a protective or restrictive barrier: a wall of silence. 4) Soccer a line of defenders forming a barrier against …
55walling — wall ► NOUN 1) a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land. 2) a side of a building or room. 3) a protective or restrictive barrier: a wall of silence. 4) Soccer a line of defenders forming a barrier… …
56bag — [bag] n. [ME bagge < ON baggi] 1. a nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, leather, etc., with an opening at the top that can be closed; sack or pouch 2. a piece of hand luggage; suitcase 3. a woman s handbag or purse 4. a) a container for… …
57encircle — [en sʉr′kəl, insʉr′kəl] vt. encircled, encircling 1. to make a circle around; enclose within a circle; surround 2. to move in a circle around encirclement n …
58immure — v.tr. 1 enclose within walls; imprison. 2 refl. shut oneself away. Derivatives: immurement n. Etymology: F emmurer or med.L immurare (as IN (2), murus wall) …
59landlock — I. ˈlan(d)ˌläk noun Etymology: probably back formation from landlocked : a landlocked state or place II. transitive verb Etymology: back formation from landlocked : to cause to be landlocked : enclose within land …
60im|mure´ment — im|mure «ih MYUR», transitive verb, mured, mur|ing. 1. to shut up or enclose within walls; put in prison. 2. Figurative. to shut in; confine closely: »love…Lives not alone immured in the brain (Shakespeare). 3. to build into or entomb in a wall.… …
