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# encase

«encase» in Mova's school dictionary: **To cover or surround something completely, as if in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (encase, encases, encased, encasing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To cover or surround something completely, as if in a case or box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encase/#m1)

2) To put something inside a hard protective cover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encase/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and history, fossils or insects get encased in rock, ice or amber; in D&T and everyday life, wires are encased in plastic, a broken arm in plaster; phrases: «encased in ice», «encased in plaster», «encased in amber».

### examples

- The insect was encased in amber millions of years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encase/#x1)
- Snow encased the car overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encase/#x2)
- His broken leg was encased in plaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encase/#x3)
- The wires are encased in plastic for safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encase/#x4)
- The chocolate egg was encased in shiny foil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encase/#x5)
- Builders encase the steel in concrete. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encase/#x6)

### note

Regular verb (drop e: encasing). Similar: enclose, cover, wrap. Spelling: en + case.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «encase» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encase/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.