'Seclude' definitions:
Definition of 'seclude'
From: WordNet
verb
Keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw]
Definition of 'Seclude'
From: GCIDE
- Seclude \Se*clude\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Secluding.] [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
- 1. To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others. [1913 Webster]
- Let Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven Seclude their bosom slaves. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. [Obs.] --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] -- {Se*clud"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Se*clud"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'seclude'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bolt,
- cloister,
- closet,
- confine,
- cop out,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- cull out,
- divide,
- enclose,
- forsake the world,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- go into retirement,
- immure,
- insulate,
- isolate,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- lay aside,
- live alone,
- live apart,
- live in retirement,
- pick out,
- put aside,
- quarantine,
- remain incommunicado,
- retire,
- riddle,
- rope off,
- rusticate,
- screen,
- seal off,
- segregate,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shut off,
- sieve,
- sift,
- sort out,
- stay at home,
- take the veil,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- winnow,
- withdraw