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Embower

/ɛmˈbaʊɚ/

To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.

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📖 Definitions of "Embower"

verb

1
To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.
2
To lodge or rest in or as in a bower.
3
To form a bower.

🔄 Synonyms of "Embower"

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Word	Definition
bowernoun	A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Embower"

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Word	Definition
bowernoun	A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
imbowerverb	Archaic form of embower. [(transitive, poetic) To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.]
embossnoun	(obsolete, rare) Synonym of boss (“a knob or projection”).
belaynoun	(climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other sturdy object.
embaynoun	(transitive) To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay.
umbelapverb	(transitive, obsolete, chiefly in modern translations) To enshroud, to envelop; to surround.
enwombverb	(transitive, poetic, archaic) To place or cause to be contained in the womb; to make pregnant; to conceive.
envelopverb	(transitive) To surround, enclose or enfold.
embosomverb	(transitive) To enclose, surround, or protect.
wrap upverb	(transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To conclude or finish completely.
besetverb	(transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
encloseverb	(transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
emboundverb	(transitive, rare) To bound or enclose.
hedge inverb	(transitive) To enclose or surround (something) with a hedge, trees or other plant life.
inwreatheverb	(transitive, obsolete, poetic) To surround or encompass as with a wreath.
wrapnoun	A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
embracenoun	An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
emblossomverb	(transitive, poetic) To cover with blossoms.
bebayverb	(rare, transitive) To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.
cocoonnoun	The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.