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Secluding
[si-klood] 
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seclude
[si-klood]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate, hide |
| Synonyms: | blockade, boycott, cloister, closet, conceal, confine, cover, embargo, enclose, evict, immure, ostracize, quarantine, retire, screen, segregate, separate, sequester, shut off, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | join, mingle, socialize |
| Main Entry: | insulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect; close off |
| Synonyms: | coat, cocoon, cushion, cut off, inlay, island, isolate, keep apart, line, seclude, separate, sequester, set apart, shield, tape, treat, wrap |
| Main Entry: | isolate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut off, set apart |
| Synonyms: | abstract, block off, close off, confine, detach, disconnect, disengage, divide, divorce, insulate, island, keep apart, part, quarantine, remove, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester, sever, sunder |
| Antonyms: | include, incorporate, integrate, join, mingle |
| Main Entry: | quarantine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate |
| Synonyms: | block off, close off, confine, cordon, detach, insulate, keep apart, remove, restrict, seal off, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester |
| Main Entry: | screen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, protect |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, blind, block out, bulwark, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, close, conceal, cover, cover up, defend, disguise, ensconce, fend, guard, mask, obscure, obstruct, safeguard, seclude, secrete, secure, separate, shade, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, shut off, shut out, shutter, stash, umbrage, veil, wall off |
| Antonyms: | lay open, open, reveal, uncover |
| Main Entry: | secrete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide |
| Synonyms: | bury, cache, conceal, cover, cover up, deposit, disguise, ditch, ensconce, finesse, harbor, hide out, keep quiet, keep secret, keep to oneself, keep under wraps, palm, paper, plant, screen, seclude, secure, shroud, squirrel, stash, stash away, stonewall, stow, sweep under rug, veil, whitewash, withhold |
| Antonyms: | lay bare, reveal, tell, uncover |
| Main Entry: | separate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate, segregate |
| Synonyms: | assign, break up, classify, close off, comb, compartment, compartmentalize, cut off, discriminate, distribute, draw apart, group, insulate, interval, intervene, island, order, put on one side, rope off, seclude, sequester, sift, single out, sort, space, split up, stand between, winnow |
| Antonyms: | desegregate, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | shut off/shut out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exclude; screen |
| Synonyms: | bar, beleaguer, block out, blockade, close, conceal, cover, debar, discontinue, evict, fence off, hide, keep out, lock out, mask, obstruct, ostracize, refuse, seclude, shroud, veil |
| Antonyms: | include, welcome |
| Main Entry: | split up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep apart; segregate; separate |
| Synonyms: | break off, break up, come apart, detach, disband, disconnect, divide, divorce, go separate ways, group, part, part company, rope off, seclude, sever, sort, stand between, undo |
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