to encrust

Examples

• All

• The rest of his hair, even his sideburns, was encrusted with blood.

  Fiction book (1999)

• A thick layer of snow encrusted the trees after the winter storm.

• On an iron peg to the left of the door hung a heavy, rust-encrusted key.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I thought of a rock encrusted with mollusks, but I was tired of marine life.

  Fiction book (1993)

• There was a bench nobody was sitting on, encrusted with blotches.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The mouth of a pit some forty feet deep, its lichen-encrusted stone walls worn smooth over time.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Both men have kerchiefs covering their faces and are totally encrusted with dust.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The Ranger listed badly to the right, sending men sliding across the ice-encrusted deck.

  Academic text (2011)

• Bad Belly dropped to his knees, hugging the snow-encrusted dog to his chest.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The colony is dead and encrusted with numerous sponges and other invertebrates.

  Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

C

to cake

vsto encrust

24 7.9

To become covered with a hard or thick layer

emphasizes a hard outer shell rather than just a thick coating

C

to crust

vsto encrust

15 3.4

To form a hard outer layer on something as it dries

is about actively forming or applying a hard outer layer

M

to mantle

vsto encrust

1 7.2

To cover something completely, like fog or snow

focuses on forming a hard outer layer instead of general covering

I

to incrust

vsto encrust

9.0

To become covered with a hard layer like salt or scale

is the standard modern spelling used in current writing

Antonyms

R

to remove

∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

E

to expose

146 2.8

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

How Covered

to encrust

5 6.1

to cover

∞ 1.0

to coat

105 2.8

film

191 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology