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encrust

Also ·ܲ

[en-kruhst]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.

  2. to form into a crust.

  3. to deposit as a crust.



verb (used without object)

  1. to form a crust.

    They scraped off the barnacles that always encrusted on the ship's hull.

encrust

/ ɪˈʌ /

verb

  1. (tr) to cover or overlay with or as with a crust or hard coating

  2. to form or cause to form a crust or hard coating

  3. (tr) to decorate lavishly, as with jewels

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • encrustant adjective
  • nonencrusting adjective
  • ˌԳܲˈٲپDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of encrust1

First recorded in 1635–45 for incrust and 1710–20 for encrust; from Old French encrouster, incrouster, from Latin Գܲ “to cover with a layer, rind, or crust; daub”; en- 1, crust
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That’s because those assessments tend to be encrusted in partisan ideologies.

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“The You You Are” is self-help hackery rife with fool’s gold like, “A society with festering workers cannot flourish, just as a man with rotting toes cannot skip” encrusting bumper sticker calls for rebellion.

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At its heart was a 12ft tall emblem of the Hindu god Shiva, sheathed in gold encrusted with rubies and pearls.

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He dunked a washcloth and wiped the encrusted blood off the face, then wadded tissues inside the mouth and nostrils.

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If Los Angeles has a reputation for opera, it is as an outlier, a city freed from encrusted tradition and eager to invent.

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