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INCASE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they incase  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it incases  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: incased  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: incased  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: incasing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enclose in, or as if in, a caseplay

Example:

my feet were encased in mud

Synonyms:

case; encase; incase

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "incase" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "incase"):

pack (arrange in a container)

box; package (put into a box)

sack (put in a sack)

crate (put into a crate; as for protection)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

incasement (the act of enclosing something in a case)

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