insulate
Other forms: insulated; insulating; insulates
The verb insulate means "protect from heat, cold, or noise," like when you add an extra layer of clothing to insulate yourself from the cold.
You can insulate a wall to keep sound out, or insulate your house to keep cold air from getting inside. So, to insulate is to protect against unwanted changes. Sometimes this can mean keeping out the influence or beliefs of other people, like a parent who tries to insulate his children from people who have different cultures or beliefs. You can see this meaning in the origin of insulate: the Latin word insula, meaning “to make into an island.”
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protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material“We had his bedroom insulated before winter came”
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types:
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weatherstrip
provide with weatherstripping
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soundproof
insulate against noise
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weatherstrip
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place or set apart
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synonyms:
isolate
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segregate
separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others
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ghettoise, ghettoize
put in a ghetto
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cloister
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
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seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
keep away from others
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quarantine
place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
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maroon
leave stranded on a desert island without resources
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discriminate, separate, single out
treat differently on the basis of sex or race
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Vocabulary lists containing insulate
Moving back to California from Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox, his older brother Bowen, and younger sister Lea, must deal not only with the coronavirus but also the separation from their father and fearful suspicions of their background.
This nonfiction work tells how eight Nazi sympathizers tried to help Germany win World War II by destroying American industries with explosives.
Because his family is in witness protection, fifteen-year-old Nick Pearson (not his real name) is supposed to remain low-key, but he has trouble doing that when another member of the Stepton High newspaper uncovers some secrets.
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