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INCASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does incase mean?
• INCASE (verb)
The verb INCASE has 1 sense:
1. enclose in, or as if in, a case
Familiarity information: INCASE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: incased
Past participle: incased
-ing form: incasing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enclose in, or as if in, a case
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
my feet were encased in mud
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)
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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