· advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"
Synonym(s): draw_in
Hypernym(s): advance, progress, pass_on, move_on, march_on, go_on
· surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
Synonym(s): enclose, inclose, shut_in
Hypernym(s): surround, environ, ring, skirt, border