is cocooning

• present progressive

  present progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.

  of cocoon (3rd person singular).
  cocoon

  noun

  the silky envelope spun by the larvae of many kinds of insects, as silkworms, serving as a covering for the insect during its stage as a pupa.

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• swaddle
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