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
  • At this season of my life, to be so warmly received by audiences and surrounded by so much love is a gift beyond words.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Things got uglier when Greenlaw was surrounded by Seahawks players, Jones stepped up to him despite not wearing his helmet, and then Greenlaw headbutted Jones.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of surrounded
Verb
  • On Sunday, the group effectively encircled the key city of Taiz after cutting the main supply route linking it to the interim government capital of Aden.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • With that official, the Astros encircled Espada in the visitors’ batting cage at Sutter Health Park.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of encircled
Verb
  • Where the Eleousa pressed mother and child cheek to cheek and Cassatt enfolded mothers around their infants, de Monteflores goes further, disappearing the mother’s face entirely behind her child’s.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of enfolded
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  • At its Paris debut, the program encompassed 28 shoe styles and seven handbag styles, offering more than 1,000 possible combinations.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • For me, the name Peck not only encompassed the conflicts in the book (between twin brothers, capitalism and social good, originality and conformity) but also captured the constant ephemeral battle of proving how and why art matters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of encompassed
Verb
  • This is a city full of glittering theater marquees and mint midcentury signage, and ringed with rail yards and the scars of an industrial center remade for human scale.
    — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The young sun was ringed by a rotating disk of gas and dust with the first building blocks of planets taking shape within it.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ringed
Verb
  • Users were likely restricted from properly spelling out such words because, by design, the platform prevents emoji from being used more than once in reaction to a post.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Remember, Googlebooks are restricted to running Android apps, which generally aren't as fully featured as their PC and Mac counterparts.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of restricted
Verb
  • Hamilton has framed himself as a moderate Democrat and has sought to garner support from Republican and independent voters.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, the works are all handsomely printed and framed with black mirrors.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of framed
Verb
  • But as an American of Chinese heritage, her travel was circumscribed by the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In the course of the film, Hargitay reevaluates her mom, forming a fuller picture of how Mansfield’s career choices were circumscribed by the egregious sexism of the 1950s and ‘60s.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of circumscribed
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“Enframed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enframed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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