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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
isolate
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