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单词 embosomed
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

embosomed

verb

past tense of embosom
as in enveloped
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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  • enveloped
  • shrouded
  • wrapped
  • enclosed
  • embowered
  • bosomed
  • encased
  • encompassed
  • mantled
  • veiled
  • draped
  • enshrouded
  • muffled
  • enfolded
  • swathed
  • encircled
  • cocooned
  • bowered
  • enwrapped
  • embedded
  • lapped
  • inclosed
  • embraced
  • involved
  • cloaked
  • enswathed
  • circumfused
  • curtained
  • invested
  • circled
  • blanketed
  • swaddled
  • disguised
  • overspread
  • imbedded
  • camouflaged
  • overlaid
  • masked
  • enlaced
  • enwound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • denuded
  • exposed
  • stripped
  • bared
  • stript
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