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ensconce

verb

1 ensconce

Fix firmly:
— He ensconced himself in the chair.

synonym: settle.

Roget 528: conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight; lock up, seal up, bottle up.    encrypt, encode, cipher.    cover, screen, cloak, veil, ... show more

Roget 664: be safe etc. adj.; keep one's head above water, tide over, save one's bacon; ride out the storm, weather the storm; light upon one's feet, land on one's feet; bear a charmed life; escape etc. 671.    ... show more

Dutch: verschansen


Moby thesaurus: anchor, becloud, befog, billet at, bivouac, blanket, blind, burrow, bury, cache, camouflage, camp, cloak, cloud, colonize, come to anchor, conceal, cover, cover up, curtain ... show more.

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