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encrust
[en-kruhst]
verb (used with object)
to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
to form into a crust.
to deposit as a crust.
verb (used without object)
to form a crust.
They scraped off the barnacles that always encrusted on the ship's hull.
encrust
/ ɪˈʌ /
verb
(tr) to cover or overlay with or as with a crust or hard coating
to form or cause to form a crust or hard coating
(tr) to decorate lavishly, as with jewels
Other 51Թ Forms
- encrustant adjective
- nonencrusting adjective
- ˌԳܲˈٲپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
That’s because those assessments tend to be encrusted in partisan ideologies.
“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.
At its heart was a 12ft tall emblem of the Hindu god Shiva, sheathed in gold encrusted with rubies and pearls.
He dunked a washcloth and wiped the encrusted blood off the face, then wadded tissues inside the mouth and nostrils.
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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