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- pronunciation:
- sih
klud
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
secludes, secluding, secluded |
| definition 1: |
to keep apart from other people or activity.
The police secluded the witness for her protection.- synonyms:
- cloister, isolate
- similar words:
- confine, dissociate, imprison, maroon, quarantine, segregate, sequester
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| definition 2: |
to cause to be isolated; hide away.
The mountains had secluded the village for centuries.- synonyms:
- isolate
- similar words:
- confine, hide, maroon, quarantine, segregate, sequester, withdraw
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| related words: |
hide, isolate, maroon, segregate |
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