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# enclosed

«enclosed» in Mova's school dictionary: **surrounded on all sides by walls, a fence or something else** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; verb, past form of enclose (enclose, encloses, enclosed, enclosing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Enclosed means surrounded on all sides by walls, a fence or something else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#m1)

2) Put inside an envelope or parcel together with a letter: «Please find enclosed …» (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#m2)

3) Enclosed is the past of enclose: put a fence or wall around something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, an «enclosed shape» is a closed shape with no gaps, and you can find its area. In everyday life: enclosed gardens, enclosed spaces (safety: keep air moving). In formal letters: «enclosed is a cheque». Phrases: «enclosed space», «please find enclosed».

### examples

- The playground is enclosed by a high fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#x1)
- Find the area enclosed by the rectangle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#x2)
- Please find enclosed a copy of the form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#x3)
- The farmer enclosed the field with a stone wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#x4)
- Some people feel uneasy in enclosed spaces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#x5)
- The dog runs free in an enclosed park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#x6)
- Wandering along the banks of the Tigris, they skirted a garden enclosed by a high wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enclosed/#x7)

### note

Noun: enclosure (a fenced area, or something put in a letter). Maths: «the area enclosed» = the area inside the boundary; a fence of 4 m by 3 m encloses 12 square metres. Do not use a barbecue or heater in an enclosed space: gas fumes are dangerous.

### In the corpora

- [The bands of the wicked have enclosed me; but I have not forgotten Thy law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2224/)
- [He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.62/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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