verb Download 🔗Share To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls. Examples : "The strict father was practically immuring his daughter in her room after she broke curfew. " action situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put or bury within a wall. Examples : "The ancient monks were said to be immuring a secret scroll within the monastery's walls. " architecture building action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring. Examples : "The rapidly growing sugar crystal was immuring a tiny speck of dirt, creating a visible imperfection. " material chemistry science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of walling up. Examples : "The construction crew's constant immuring of the building with brick made it difficult to see progress from day to day. " architecture building action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading