to cocoon

Examples

• All

• This environment somewhat cocoons you from the experiences that so many others have.

  Blog text (17)

• So my world was very cocooned, very secretive.

  Mulligan Brothers Interviews

• You build a wall of safety around yourself, which cocoons you from needing the outside world.

  Blog text (4)

• A group of brilliant, creative scientists cocooned for 10 years in a laboratory... without outside intervention.

  Brainstorm (1983)

• Cocooned in the confidence of wealth, he's never felt threatened in his life.

  Fiction book (1992)

• It is easy to cocoon oneself inside one's own little life, within the minor dramas of one's family and of one's job.

  Blog text (18)

• Again and again, Berlin seemed vexingly detached, cocooned by remote and protective institutions.

  Academic text (1999)

• Stuck in the house, cocooned against the cold outside that kept promising snow, he learned its secrets, the noisy parts, the bad floorboards, as if they were bits of Braille.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The headphones piping play-by-play into Alex's ears disconnected him from the world, cocooned him from everything except the ball soaring toward him.

  Fiction book (2002)

• After a long day at work, she decided to cocoon herself in her blanket and watch her favorite movies.

Synonyms

S

to shield

vsto cocoon

146 2.7

To protect someone or something from harm

retreat into safety by oneself rather than actively protecting others

H

to hide out

vsto cocoon

• Informal

76 5.6

To stay in a secret place to avoid danger or trouble

retreat into safety without necessary secrecy, often for comfort or protection

H

to hole up

vsto cocoon

• Informal

63 6.8

To stay in a safe place and avoid going out, often to hide

retreat into safety by withdrawing inward rather than merely staying in one place

N

to nestle

vsto cocoon

24 4.3

Be in a quiet safe place partly hidden by trees or hills

retreat into safety to avoid discomfort or danger rather than just location

S

to seclude

vsto cocoon

2 6.7

To keep somebody away from other people

retreat into safety often to avoid discomfort or danger rather than social focus

Antonyms

E

to engage

676 3.4

To take part in an activity

E

to expose

146 2.8

Make something visible by removing a cover or letting light reach it

How Isolated

to isolate

256 4.2

to cocoon

1 6.7

to retreat

235 4.0

to keep to oneself

27 5.4

to mingle

64 3.1

Surface Forms

Etymology