encrust

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[en-kruhst]

verb (used with object)

1. to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.

2. to form into a crust.

3. to deposit as a crust.

verb (used without object)

1. to form a crust.

   They scraped off the barnacles that always encrusted on the ship's hull.

encrust

/ ɪnˈkrʌst /

verb

1. (tr) to cover or overlay with or as with a crust or hard coating

2. to form or cause to form a crust or hard coating

3. (tr) to decorate lavishly, as with jewels

Other Word Forms

• encrustation noun
• encrustant adjective
• nonencrusting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of encrust¹

First recorded in 1635–45 for incrust and 1710–20 for encrust; from Old French encrouster, incrouster, from Latin incrustāre “to cover with a layer, rind, or crust; daub”; en- ¹, crust

Example Sentences

The wind reached 100 miles an hour, the waves rose to 50 feet, and the ice that encrusted the deck must have weighed tons.

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In the third picture in the carousel, Swift, wearing a Ralph Lauren halter neck dress and diamond encrusted Cartier watch, flashes her engagement ring - a cushion cut diamond on a gold band.

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At one point, two young men came and sat down on a stone, their feet encrusted in mud.

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Some versions were encrusted with jewels in paisley patterns, taking on an antique feel, others were clear and hot pink.

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That’s because those assessments tend to be encrusted in partisan ideologies.

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Related Words

• blacken 
• smear 
• smudge 
• sully