encase
/ɪnˈkeɪs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnˈkeɪs/
ɪnˈkeɪs
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ɪn - ˈkeɪs -> encase
Myanmar meaning
(v) ဖုံးထားသည်။ အုပ်ထားသည်။
Full entry
encase /Çn'keÇs/ v ~ sth (in sth) (fml )
ဖုံးထားသည်။ အုပ်ထားသည်။
The disease affects the membranes encasing the spinal cord. ❍ His broken leg was encased in plaster. ❍ (fig ) Encased in the little black car I felt warm and safe. ကားနက်ကလေးထဲဝင်လိုက်တော့ လူလည်း နွေးနွေး ထွေးထွေး နဲ့ လုံလုံခြုံခြုံ ဖြစ်သွားတယ်။
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- encase /Çn'keÇs/ v ~ sth (in sth) ( fml ) ဖုံးထားသည်။ အုပ်ထားသည်။ The disease affects the membranes encasing the spinal cord.
- His broken leg was encased in plaster.
- ( fig ) Encased in the little black car I felt warm and safe. ကားနက်ကလေးထဲဝင်လိုက်တော့ လူလည်း နွေးနွေး ထွေးထွေး နဲ့ လုံလုံခြုံခြုံ ဖြစ်သွားတယ်။
Synonyms
cover, enclose, sheath, coat, absorb, adhere, assemble, attach, back, bandage, bear hug, bind, blanket, block off, blockade, board up, border, bound, box up, build, bundle, bundle up, bury, bush up, cache, cage, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, case, chain, cinch, circle, circumscribe, clamp, clasp, clinch, cloak, close in, clothe, clutch, conceal, confine, connect, constitute, constrict, construct, coop, corral, cover up, crate, crown, curtain, cushion, daub, disguise, do on the sly, drape, dress, eclipse, edge, embrace, enchain, encircle, encompass, enfetter, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, envelope, environ, enwrap, erect, fabricate, fashion, fasten, fence, fence off, fetter, finish, fix, fold, forge, form, furl, gift-wrap, girdle, glue, grab, hamper, handcuff, hedge, hem, hem in, hide, hitch, hitch on, hobble, hold, hood, hook on, hook up, house, hug, imbue, immerse, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, institute, insulate, intern, invent, invest, jail, lace, lap, lash, lath, layer, leash, limit, lock in, lock up, make, manacle, mantle, manufacture, mask, mat, mew, model, mold, moor, mount, muffle, mure, muzzle, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, pack, package, pad, panel, paste, peg down, pen, pin, pin down, pinion, press, produce
Antonyms
abandon, aid, allow, assist, break, center, decrease, demolish, deny, destroy, detach, disconnect, discourage, disjoin, dismantle, disperse, disregard, dissuade, drop, exclude, expose, face, forget, free, halt, help, ignore, lay bare, lay out, leave alone, let, let go, let loose, let out, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, meet, neglect, open, permit, prevent, raze, refuse, reject, release, remove, reveal, ruin, separate, set free, show, stop, straighten, succeed, take out, tell, unbind, unbox, uncover, unfasten, unhitch, unlace, unlock, unloose, unmask, untie, unwrap
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