"close in" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: closes in [present, singular, third-person], closing in [participle, present], closed in [participle, past], closed in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} close in (third-person singular simple present closes in, present participle closing in, simple past and past participle closed in)
  1. (transitive) To enclose, lock up inside something. Tags: transitive Translations (to enclose, lock up inside something): insluiten (Dutch), pechar (Galician), encerrar (Galician), choer (Galician)
    Sense id: en-close_in-en-verb-iRi9NhdK Disambiguation of 'to enclose, lock up inside something': 98 2
  2. (intransitive) To come nearer to someone being pursued. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-close_in-en-verb-VVi8FGdf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (in) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (in): 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: close in on

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To enclose, lock up inside something."
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        "(intransitive) To come nearer to someone being pursued."
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      "word": "insluiten"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
      "word": "pechar"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
      "word": "encerrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to enclose, lock up inside something",
      "word": "choer"
    }
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