verb
Meaning 1
To enclose, lock up inside something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
close in
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verb
Meaning 2
To come or approach nearer to someone being pursued.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The police had not yet caught the thieves, but were closing in.
- Keep refining your estimate, and you will gradually close in on the right answer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To become closer, surround.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
surround completely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Darkness enclosed him
- They closed in the porch with a fence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enclose, inclose, shut in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
Narrower terms: tuck, insert, wall in, wall up, embower, bower, enshrine, shrine, encase, incase, case, immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up, frame, frame in, border, glass, glass in, bank, dike, dyke, encapsulate, fence, fence in, rope in, rope off, cordon off, casket, corral, fortify, fort, hedge, hedge in
verb
Meaning 5
advance or converge on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The police were closing in on him
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: draw in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: insluiten — to enclose, lock up inside something
- Galician: pechar — to enclose, lock up inside something
- Galician: encerrar — to enclose, lock up inside something
- Galician: choer — to enclose, lock up inside something