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Wiktionary

  1. v. To enclose, lock up inside something

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. surround completely
  2. v. advance or converge on

Examples

  • “We spread out rugs and cushions in the orchard beside the millstream as it grew dark and watched the stars come out, very clear and apparently close in the mountain air.”

    Simon & Schuster: Wildwood

  • “Samosata came and went, the valley began to close in a little, and the road became rougher as the vast force pressed on into Melitene.”

    Simon & Schuster: Antony and Cleopatra

  • “By the time they fought their way around Turtle Bay and turned to look back, not only had lofty Phillip Island disappeared; so also had Nepean Island, close in shore.”

    Simon & Schuster: Morgan’s Run

  • “They had come close in 1977, finishing just 21/2 games behind New York, tying with the Orioles for second place in the American League East.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Greatest Game

  • “A second ambulance rattles past me on the gritty median; a Mercedes SUV follows close in the dust cloud like a pilot fish.”

    Simon & Schuster: MY EMPIRE OF DIRT

  • “*Yukos trumpeted the following favorable review from the Wall Street Journal on its Web site: The 2001 World Economic Forum came to a close in Davos, Switzerland, on 30 January 2001.”

    Simon & Schuster: The J Curve

  • “Running into a powerful Celtic team led by Hall of Famers Russell, Cousy and Bill Sharman one that finished with a 52-20 regular-season record and dispatched the Syracuse Nationals in a tough, seven-game Eastern Conference Finals series, the Lakers managed to keep every game close in the World Championship Series…”

    Simon & Schuster: One Season

  • “They respond to interior verteron forces, as well as to the number of times they open and close in a given orbit.”

    Simon & Schuster: MILLENNIUM

  • “They scrambled down the steep cleft which emerged 100 yards from the landing place to find Surprize fairly close in shore and the sea calm.”

    Simon & Schuster: Morgan’s Run

  • “Two other isles attended the big one: a tiny low isle close in shore bristling with pine trees, and a larger isle perhaps four miles to the south, craggily tall and vividly green save for a few clumps of dark pines.”

    Simon & Schuster: Morgan’s Run

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