Insulate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Insulate \In"su*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insulated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Insulating}.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula
     island. See {Isle}, and cf. {Isolate}.]
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     1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant.
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     2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no
        communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to
        separate.
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     3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer of
        electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the
        interposition of nonconductors.
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     {Insulating stool} (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or
        some other nonconductor of electricity, used for
        insulating a person or any object placed upon it.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insulate
       v 1: protect from heat, cold, noise, etc. by surrounding with
            insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated
            before winter came"
       2: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners
          from the other inmates" [syn: {isolate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "insulate":
     bolt, close off, cordon, cordon off, cover, cull out, cushion,
     cut off, detach, divide, enisle, fireproof, ghettoize, gin, ground,
     island, island-hop, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, lag,
     lay aside, pick out, preserve, proof, protect, put aside,
     quarantine, riddle, screen, seclude, segregate, separate,
     sequester, sequestrate, set apart, set aside, shelter, shield,
     sieve, sift, sort out, soundproof, thrash, thresh, waterproof,
     weatherproof, winnow, wrap