islanded

Verb

island (third-person singular simple present islands, present participle islanding, simple past and past participle islanded)

1. (transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.
   • We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.1933, Harriet Monroe, Poetry, volume 42
2. (transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.
   • the many-islanded Aegean
3. (transitive) To isolate.
   • The turkey's nest was islanded with a fragrant swath,—the "heft" of the crop noted and rejoiced over,—the tons of good timothy and clover calculated,— […]1865, [Adeline Dutton Train Whitney], “The Secret at the Hartshornes”, in The Gayworthys: A Story of Threads and Thrums. […], Boston, Mass.: [A. K.] Loring, […], →OCLC, page 49

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