immure
To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself…To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
einkerkern, einsperren
заточа́тьzatočátʹ, заточи́тьzatočítʹ
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
(transitive)To put or bury within a wall.
John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum.
einmauern
замуро́выватьzamuróvyvatʹ, замурова́тьzamurovátʹ
To wall in.
(transitive)To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English enmuren and Middle French emmurer, both from Old French enmurer, fromFrom Middle English enmuren and Middle French emmurer, both from Old French enmurer, from Latin immūrō, from in- + mūrus (“wall”). Modern spelling is modelled after the Latin.
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Forms
immures, immuring, immured, immuredSynonyms
13 synonyms- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail:imprisonincarceratelagput behind barsjailjuggaolput away
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle