INCASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incase mean? 

• INCASE (verb)
  The verb INCASE has 1 sense:

1. enclose in, or as if in, a case

  Familiarity information: INCASE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCASE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they incase    ... he / she / it incases   
Past simple: incased   
Past participle: incased   
-ing form: incasing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enclose in, or as if in, a case

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

case; encase; incase

Context example:

my feet were encased in mud

Hypernyms (to "incase" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "incase"):

pack (arrange in a container)

box; package (put into a box)

sack (put in a sack)

crate (put into a crate; as for protection)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

incasement (the act of enclosing something in a case)