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cocooned

/kəˈkuːnd/

cocooned adjective: enclosed in a cocoon. Also the simple past and past participle of cocoon.

Adjective

cocooned

  1. Enclosed in a cocoon.
    • As previously stated, the true hibernating form of the midge is the "cocooned larva."1910, United States. Bureau of Entomology, Bulletin
    • A low humidity of 35%, on the whole was highly injurious to the development and viability of cocooned larvae.1951, Ghulam-Ullah Chaudhry, The Development and Fecundity of the Oriental Fruit Moth, page 76
  2. Isolated, especially in an environment that limits interaction with whatever is outside it.
    • A young black hole formed in the center of galaxy can develop into the cocooned black hole or, as extreme possibility, into a magnetoid with a black hole inside.1981, Victor J. Stenger, Dumand-80, page 194
    • That was a very big eye-opener for me, after being very cocooned, living most of my life in the city where I was born and raised.2013, R. Heppner, The Lost Leaders: How Corporate America Loses Women Leaders
  3. Stored in an inactive state; mothballed.
    • The cocooned machinery in its case being hoisted aboard Grace Line's Santa Ana.1947, “Cocooned Hosiery Machines”, in The Grace Log, volumes 22-25, page 17
    • Towed from the paint spray hangar, the plane joins other cocooned aircraft at McClellan's storage area preparatory to a convoy along State highways from McClellan to Government loading docks on the Sacramento River, 15 miles away.1957, North America Skyline - Volumes 15-18, page 28

Also used as

cocooned is also the simple past and past participle of cocoon.

Examples of cocooned in a sentence

  • values derived as mean of measurements taken on 47 cocooned female larvae reared on new foliage and 26 cocooned female larvae reared on mature foliage.1973, John N. All, Mechanism of Preferential Feeding by Jeodiprion Swainei Middleton and Neodiprion Rugifrons Middleton on Pinus Banksiana...
  • And yet, as the coverage became more relentless, she chose to become more cocooned.2017, Steve Richards, The Rise of the Outsiders: How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way:
  • It was a very cocooned environment, in a way, and I could write and get a lot of feedback.2018, Michele Meek, Independent Female Filmmakers:
  • The three airframes were to remain cocooned and awaiting their uncertain future until the mid 1960s, when all three of them were finally broken up.2018, Charles Woodley, Flying Boats: Air Travel in the Golden Age, page 1943:

Words formed from cocooned

Questions about cocooned

What does cocooned mean?
Cocooned means enclosed in a cocoon.
How do you use cocooned in a sentence?
values derived as mean of measurements taken on 47 cocooned female larvae reared on new foliage and 26 cocooned female larvae reared on mature foliage.
What part of speech is cocooned?
Cocooned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cocooned?
Cocooned is pronounced /kəˈkuːnd/.

Words near cocooned in the dictionary

  1. coconversion
  2. coconversions
  3. cocoon
  4. cocoonase
  5. cocoonases
  6. cocooned
  7. cocooner
  8. cocooneries
  9. cocooners
  10. cocoonery
  11. cocoonet

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