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- Ingress - n. - The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.
- Ingress - n. - Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.
- Ingress - n. - The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.
- Ingress - v. i. - To go in; to enter.
- Ingression - n. - Act of entering; entrance.
- Open - a. - Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead.
- Ingress - n. - The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.
- Area - n. - The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
- Blockade - v. t. - The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
- Shut - v. t. - To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
- Blockade - v. t. - To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.
- Lock - v. t. - To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
- Ingress - n. - Power or liberty of entrance or access; means of entering; as, all ingress was prohibited.