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单词 embosom
释义

embosom

verb

em·​bos·​om im-ˈbu̇-zəm How to pronounce embosom (audio)
 also  -ˈbü-
embosomed; embosoming; embosoms

transitive verb

1
archaic : to take into or place in the bosom
2
: to shelter closely : enclose
his house embosomed in the grove Alexander Pope

Synonyms

  • bosom
  • bower
  • circumfuse
  • cocoon
  • embower
  • embrace
  • enclose
  • inclose
  • encompass
  • enfold
  • enshroud
  • enswathe
  • envelop
  • enwrap
  • invest
  • involve
  • lap
  • mantle
  • muffle
  • shroud
  • swathe
  • veil
  • wrap
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Example Sentences

a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1

embosom

verb

as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • wrap
  • shroud
  • envelop
  • embower
  • enclose
  • bosom
  • encompass
  • encase
  • enswathe
  • bower
  • muffle
  • veil
  • lap
  • involve
  • circumfuse
  • cocoon
  • drape
  • mantle
  • embrace
  • enfold
  • enshroud
  • encircle
  • swathe
  • embed
  • cloak
  • circle
  • invest
  • enwrap
  • curtain
  • inclose
  • blanket
  • overlay
  • swaddle
  • disguise
  • mask
  • enwind
  • camouflage
  • imbed
  • overspread
  • enlace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • expose
  • strip
  • denude
  • bare
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