Definition of close

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Close (n.) To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

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Brain :: Brain (n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three seg
Disclosed :: Disclosed (imp. & p. p.) of Disclos.
Snug :: Snug (v. i.) To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother..
Squiggle :: Squiggle (v. i.) To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.
Stall :: Stall (v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.
Snug :: Snug (superl.) Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug..
Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca..
Peek :: Peek (v. i.) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep..
One :: One (a.) Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole.
Unfold :: Unfold (v. t.) To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science..
Strain :: Strain (a.) To squeeze; to press closely.
Enclitic :: Enclitic (n.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee)..
Cysted :: Cysted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst.
Inclosed :: Inclosed (imp. & p. p.) of Inclos.
Langue D''oc :: Langue d'oc () The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for yes was oc); Provencal..
Personate :: Personate (a.) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon..
Imbox :: Imbox (v. t.) To inclose in a box.
Chisel :: Chisel (v. t.) To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat..
Palanquin :: Palanquin (n.) An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place..
Near :: Near (adv.) Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend..
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