close in
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
advance or converge on
The police were closing in on him
Types & categories
- advance hypernym
Related & opposite
- move in verb group
Sense 2 verb
surround completely
Darkness enclosed him
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- enclosing derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | move in |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | advance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | enclosing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | border |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tuck |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wall in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bower |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shrine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | encase |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | swallow up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | frame |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | glass in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bank |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dike |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | encapsulate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fence |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rope in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | casket |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | corral |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fort |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hedge in |