COCOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cocoon mean? 

• COCOON (noun)
  The noun COCOON has 1 sense:

1. silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs

  Familiarity information: COCOON used as a noun is very rare.

• COCOON (verb)
  The verb COCOON has 2 senses:

1. retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment
2. wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection

  Familiarity information: COCOON used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCOON (noun)

Meaning:

Silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cocoon" is a kind of...):

natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)

• COCOON (verb)

Meaning:

Retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context examples:

Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings / She loves to stay at home and cocoon

Hypernyms (to "cocoon" is one way to...):

retreat (move away, as for privacy)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "cocoon" is one way to...):

enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something