v. surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

v. close in or confine

v. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"

adv. "He had filled out the form completely"

adv. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"

adv. "He was every inch a statesman"

adv. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"

v. have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers"

v. include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

v. be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

v. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

v. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"

v. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

v. enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"

v. include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

v. put into a box; "box the gift, please"

v. wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant"

v. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"

v. of sounds or images

v. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

adv. "He was soundly defeated"; "We beat him good"; "She is sound asleep"; "I'm soaked through"

adv. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"

adv. to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"

adv. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"

adv. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"

adv. "He was soundly defeated"; "We beat him good"; "She is sound asleep"; "I'm soaked through"

adv. "He had filled out the form completely"

adv. to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"

adv. "He was soundly defeated"; "We beat him good"; "She is sound asleep"; "I'm soaked through"

adv. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"

adv. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"

adv. in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted; "it was immediately and indubitably apparent that I had interrupted a scene of lovers"

adv. "It's undoubtedly very beautiful"

adv. extremely; "it was positively monumental"

adv. to an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner; "she is undeniably the most gifted student in the class"

adv. "It was decidedly too expensive"

adv. without a doubt; "the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone"

adv. with finality; conclusively; "the voted settled the argument decisively"

adv. indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt"

adv. in a stringent manner; "the laws are stringently enforced"; "stringently controlled"

adv. without question; "Fred Winter is unquestionably the jockey to follow"; "they hired unimpeachably first-rate faculty members"

adv. "He had filled out the form completely"

adv. to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"

v. move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"

v. remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"

adv. not to a full degree or extent; "words incompletely understood"; "a form filled out incompletely"

adv. in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"