verb
Meaning 1
To place in a secure environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ensconce
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɛnˈskɒns/
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US: ĭn-skäns'
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US: /ɛnˈskɑns/
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rhymes with -ɒns
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 N S K AA1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To settle comfortably.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
fix firmly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He ensconced himself in the chair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: settle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
History
Etymology
From en- + sconce, “to place in a sconce (“fortification”)”.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: fsheh — to place in a secure environment
- Czech: uložit — to place in a secure environment
- Dutch: veilig wegbergen — to place in a secure environment
- German: sicher unterbringen — to place in a secure environment
- Polish: ukrywać — to place in a secure environment
- Polish: ukryć — to place in a secure environment
- Polish: chować — to place in a secure environment
- Polish: schować — to place in a secure environment
- Polish: zaszywać się — to place in a secure environment
- Polish: zaszyć się — to place in a secure environment
- Russian: укрыва́ть (ukryvátʹ) — to place in a secure environment
- Russian: укры́ть (ukrýtʹ) — to place in a secure environment
- Albanian: rehatoj — to settle comfortably
- Czech: uvelebit se — to settle comfortably
- Czech: usadit se — to settle comfortably
- Dutch: nestelen — to settle comfortably
- German: bequem machen — to settle comfortably
- German: niederlassen — to settle comfortably
- Polish: rozlokowywać się — to settle comfortably
- Polish: rozlokować się — to settle comfortably
- Polish: usadawiać się — to settle comfortably
- Polish: usadowić się — to settle comfortably
- Polish: rozsiadać się — to settle comfortably
- Polish: rozsiąść się — to settle comfortably
- Russian: устра́иваться (ustráivatʹsja) — to settle comfortably
- Russian: устро́иться (ustróitʹsja) — to settle comfortably
- Spanish: instalarse — to settle comfortably