near, as to a common center; adjacent, esp. to a city

The city is enveloping its close-in suburbs.

occurring or provided at close quarters

Fighter planes provided daring close-in air support.

clos?er , clos?est

advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"[syn: enclose ]

verb

close