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to embower

to embower

9.9
To surround a place with trees or vines so it feels sheltered
  • verb
  • /ɪmˈbaʊər/
  • Archaic
: cobijar

Examples

  • Then the road leveled and ran on, embowered with murky air between the walls of towering hills.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The cozy reading nook was embowered by lush vines and colorful flowers, creating a peaceful retreat.

  • They built a small deck embowered by trees, perfect for enjoying the sound of birds singing in the morning.

  • As we walked through the garden, we found a bench embowered in ivy, ideal for resting and enjoying nature.

Synonyms

to canopy
vsto embower
3 5.5

To cover something with cloth or leaves to give shade

is used for surrounding with a leafy plant shelter rather than general cover
to bower
vsto embower
9.9

To cover a place with trees or climbing plants to make a shaded shelter

has identical meaning but appears in a different lexical form

Antonyms

to expose
146 2.8

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

How Sheltered

to shelter
76 2.5
to embower
  • Archaic
9.9
to enclose
84 3.7
to surround
∞ 1.7
to border
12 3.1

Surface Forms

embower infinitive
embowered past
embowered past participle
embowering present participle
embowers third person singular

Morphology

embower = bower (transparent) = em + bower

Formed by the productive prefix 'em-' (variant of 'en-') meaning 'to put into or cause to be' + 'bower', so the verb literally means 'to enclose in a bower'.

Etymology

Embower has the start em- meaning 'in' or 'make' and the word bower, which means 'a pleasant, shady place among trees or climbing plants'. So to embower something is to put it 'in' a leafy shelter or to surround it with plants.