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cocooncocoon2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcocoon |
Present | I, you, we, they | cocoon | | he, she, it | cocoons | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cocooned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cocooned | | he, she, it | has cocooned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cocooned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cocoon | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cocooned |
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Present | I | am cocooning | | he, she, it | is cocooning | | you, we, they | are cocooning | Past | I, he, she, it | was cocooning | | you, we, they | were cocooning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cocooning | | he, she, it | has been cocooning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cocooning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cocooning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cocooning |
- Pheiffer warns that we should not cocoon our daughters, even if it were possible.
to protect or surround someone or something completely, especially so that they feel safebe cocooned in something She was cocooned in a reassuring network of friends and relatives. Usually she lay for ages cocooned in her warm bed.GRAMMAR Cocoon is usually passive.—cocooned adjective: a rich cocooned existence |