enframe

verb

Definition of enframenext
as in to surround

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enframe
  1. surround
  2. ring
  3. encircle
  4. enfold
  5. restrict
  6. encompass
  7. bound
  8. limit
Verb
  • Integrated photonics could reduce the number of separate components surrounding the processor.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The talks surrounding Sunday alcohol sales recently arose during a citizens forum at a recent meeting, said City Administrator Jeff Dingman.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of surround
Verb
  • In his exquisitely layered seventh feature, Possible Love (Ga-neung-han sa-rang), Lee Chang-dong’s humanistic observational skills remain at their peak, the acuity of his insights into emotional lives and social conditions unparalleled.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Scream saga began with a ringing phone and one of the most surprising murders in horror-movie history.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of ring
Verb
  • Dumas watched, charmed, his arms encircling his wife’s shoulders, and accepted an ice-cream sundae in a silver parfait cup.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of gold watches, silver handcuffs encircled their wrists.
    — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of encircle
Verb
  • Where the Eleousa pressed mother and child cheek to cheek and Cassatt enfolded mothers around their infants, de Monteflores goes further, disappearing the mother’s face entirely behind her child’s.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • That gallery feels like the perfect frame for Aitken’s work, at once spacious and enfolding, spare and receptive to all that visual and sonic plushness.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Definition of enfold
Verb
  • Other, higher hurdles — namely, how to restrict the president’s ability to profit from digital assets — remain for now uncleared.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • However, their effectiveness may be limited when targets appear at close range or operate in environments where reaction time and maneuvering space are restricted.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of restrict
Verb
  • The 5th Congressional District encompasses only the Kansas City area under the 2022 map that Republican lawmakers passed after the last census.
    — DAVID A. LIEB, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The warning encompassed the Getty Center as well as Mount Saint Mary’s University.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of encompass
Verb
  • The sow bounded away a few feet and then glanced back at him.
    — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Although all of the solar system’s planets with atmospheres have wave-spawning disturbances, only Saturn churns them out looking like polygons, geometric shapes bounded by straight lines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of bound
Verb
  • Fannin, Jenkins and cornerback Tyson Campbell were limited throughout camp.
    — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Reducing the amount of personal information circulating online may help limit some unwanted outreach.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of limit
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“Enframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enframe. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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