Encase (Verb)
Meaning
Enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The ancient mummy was carefully encased in a wooden coffin.
- Her fragile body was encased in a plaster cast to support her broken bones.
- The delicate flowers were encased in ice to preserve them for the botanical exhibition.
- After a long day of work in the mud, his feet were encased in thick, heavy boots that were caked with dirt.
- The fossils were encased in amber, a natural resin that had protected them for millennia.