ENCRUST
Dictionary entry overview: What does encrust mean?
• ENCRUST (verb)
The verb ENCRUST has 3 senses:
1. cover or coat with a crust
2. decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
3. form a crust or a hard layer
Familiarity information: ENCRUST used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ENCRUST (verb)
Meaning:
Cover or coat with a crust
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
encrust; incrust
Hypernyms (to "encrust" is one way to...):
coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
incrust; encrust; beset
Hypernyms (to "encrust" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Form a crust or a hard layer
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
encrust; incrust
Hypernyms (to "encrust" is one way to...):
harden; indurate (become hard or harder)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "encrust"):
effloresce (become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
