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seclude

[si-klood]

verb (used with object)

secluded, secluding 
  1. to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.

  2. to isolate; shut off; keep apart.

    They secluded the garden from the rest of the property.



seclude

/ ɪˈː /

verb

  1. to remove from contact with others

  2. to shut off or screen from view

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unsecluding adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seclude1

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin ŧū, equivalent to ŧ- se- + -ū, combining form of claudere to close
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of seclude1

C15: from Latin ŧū to shut off, from ŧ- + claudere to imprison
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They walked a bit in a secluded alley, then went inside.

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Many have taken to walking their dogs in secluded areas at night or driving them around to evade detection.

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Guo said she'd had a secluded childhood as the child of a Chinese father and Filipino mother – but could not remember where in the Philippines her family home had been.

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In a few frantic moments, she was desperately fighting for what she believed was her life as he dragged her towards a more secluded overgrown area.

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"It was a golden, sandy beach – empty and secluded," says Jess, 26.

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