ENCRUST

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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