SECLUDED

cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered

(adjective) providing privacy or seclusion; “the cloistered academic world of books”; “sat close together in the sequestered pergola”; “sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree”; “a secluded romantic spot”

privy, secluded, secret

(adjective) hidden from general view or use; “a privy place to rest and think”; “a secluded romantic spot”; “a secret garden”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

secluded (comparative more secluded, superlative most secluded)

Hidden, isolated, remote.

Synonyms

• off the grid

• isolated

Verb

secluded

simple past tense and past participle of seclude

Anagrams

• cuddlees

Source: Wiktionary


SECLUDE

Se*clude, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Secluding.] Etym: [L. secludere, seclusum pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]

1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others. Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven Seclude their bosom slaves. Thomson.

2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. [Obs.] Evelyn.

– Se*clud"ed*ly, adv.

– Se*clud"ed*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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