CLOSED IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does closed in mean? 

• CLOSED IN (adjective)
  The adjective CLOSED IN has 1 sense:

1. blocked against entry

  Familiarity information: CLOSED IN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOSED IN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blocked against entry

Synonyms:

closed; closed in

Context example:

a closed porch

Similar:

enclosed (closed in or surrounded or included within)

 Context examples 

And I do not think there was one who would have interfered had we closed in a death-struggle.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

To retire to bed, however, unsatisfied on such a point, would be vain, since sleep must be impossible with the consciousness of a cabinet so mysteriously closed in her immediate vicinity.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The stragglers who had dotted the grass had closed in until the huge crowd was one unit with a single mighty voice, which was already beginning to bellow its impatience.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The twilight had closed in and the moon was shining brightly in the sky before my narrative was finished.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her eyes closed in spite of herself and she forgot where she was and fell among the poppies, fast asleep.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

When we closed in on him he fought like a tiger.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They closed in upon her, snarling and yelping, and she was buried, screaming with agony, beneath the bristling mass of bodies.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The moment we attempted to retreat the circle closed in upon us, until the tips of the wings of those nearest to us nearly touched our faces.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It closed in an incident which I well remember.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Last Monday (July 31st) we were nearly surrounded by ice, which closed in the ship on all sides, scarcely leaving her the sea-room in which she floated.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)