v
(transitive) To surround; encompass.
v
(transitive) To work around or about; surround.
adj
Obsolete spelling of bound [(with infinitive) Obliged (to).]
n
close (in street addresses)
adj
Shutting; confining; drawing together.
n
(obsolete) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
v
To be closely associated with or proximate to.
n
Abbreviation of close. (in street addresses) [An end or conclusion.]
v
To move so that an opening is closed.
v
(transitive) To come nearer to someone being pursued.
v
(idiomatic) To catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit.
adj
(of troops etc.) in an arrangement in compact units at close intervals and distances, as for marching and/or drill.
v
(aerospace) To seal off.
v
(figuratively) To regroup forces, especially when this involves overlooking differences in order to face a challenge or adverse situation. Often implies making a show of unity, especially to the public.
v
(military) To move oneself or one's vehicle(s) (warships, tanks, aircraft, etc.) closer to the enemy in order to allow them to fire on the enemy, either more effectively or at all.
v
To move people closer together.
adj
Attached, coupled or fixed close together.
n
(nautical, obsolete) close quarters
adj
(Freemasonry) Of a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorised people.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become close.
adj
Pronunciation spelling of close. [(now rare) Closed, shut.]
n
The act of shutting; a closing.
v
(obsolete) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.
v
(obsolete) To have a common boundary with; to border on.
v
(transitive) To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
v
To confine in a restricted place or situation
v
(intransitive) To make oneself cosy; to be snug.
v
(transitive, also figuratively) To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
v
(transitive) To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
adj
(obsolete, rare) Shut up; enclosed.
v
To draw near to, approach to.
n
Something that occludes.
adj
Serving to occlude or close.
adj
(obsolete) shut; closed
adj
Serving to close; shutting up.
adj
In too great a proximity.
n
(obsolete) Conclusion; end.
v
To close or be closed after having previously been opened
v
To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
adj
Closing automatically after having been opened.
v
(transitive) To confine in an enclosed area.
v
To isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room.
v
(transitive) To confine.
n
The act of closing something with shutters.
v
(obsolete) To superabound
adj
(informal, nonstandard) So close as to have no intervening space.
v
(idiomatic) To complete, finish, or resolve.
adv
(regionalism) Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
v
To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
adj
(obsolete) pent up, confined
v
(intransitive) To be or come very close; to border; to approach.
adj
Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.
n
Alternative form of wrapping up [The act of concluding or finishing some event or course of action.]
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