enframed

verb

past tense of enframe
as in surrounded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enframed
  1. surrounded
  2. encircled
  3. enfolded
  4. encompassed
  5. ringed
  6. restricted
  7. framed
  8. circumscribed
Verb
  • While Pittsburgh may be surrounded by nature, much of it is not natural, often due to years of industrial activity.
    — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Cast your line into the river, which is surrounded by stunning mountain views, and get a taste of the serenity and challenge of fly fishing.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of surrounded
Verb
  • Lining the outer cell membrane, at the base of the cilia, were simple structures, each encircled by a single membrane.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2026
  • The area along the Cumberland River where more than 100 people once lived is now encircled by fences and no-trespassing signs.
    — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 21 July 2026
Definition of encircled
Verb
  • But the idea of a single galaxy’s stars being enfolded into the Milky Way is intriguing and worthy of further study, Battersby said.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
  • Smoke and blackness enfolded him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Definition of enfolded
Verb
  • The widening Iran war engulfed Egypt in a drone strike that encompassed the Suez Canal, which had, so far, been beyond Iran’s attention.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
  • Although it is all encompassed in our little blue marble of a planet, animals can still easily disappear into blue water within seconds.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of encompassed
Verb
  • The 1-mile loop gains only about 100 feet in elevation and winds through a scenic valley ringed by the massive rock formations that make Joshua Tree instantly recognizable.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • It's ringed by a zoom rocker that controls compatible power zoom lenses.
    — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026
Definition of ringed
Verb
  • In May 2025, it was further restricted to add that the Italian ancestor must have died an exclusively Italian citizen, essentially outlawing dual citizenship for the diaspora.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But if shippers and insurers perceive that Egypt’s Mediterranean facilities are not only within Iranian range but also capable of being hit, that raises the prospect of the Red Sea being restricted at both ends.
    — Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of restricted
Verb
  • Staring out at the beach below, perfectly framed by an arch decorated with a mural of Ulysses’s ship, a feeling of well-being washed over me.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Critics during the state’s legislative session framed the sales tax holiday as an election-year political move that would not sufficiently ease the burden of taxes on families in the longer term.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of framed
Verb
  • Representatives from hostile states like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are circumscribed in their movements, typically limited to a small radius around their official posts—an embassy, a consulate, a permanent mission to the UN.
    — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Eventually, the area in the Pentagon where reporters were allowed was circumscribed to a single corridor outside the press room – even though the public affairs officers who worked most closely with reporters were in an office on the other side of the 6½-million-square-foot building.
    — Kathy Kiely, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of circumscribed
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