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Synonyms for occulting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-kuhlt, ok-uhlt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈkʌlt, ˈɒk ʌlt |
Top 10 synonyms for occulting Other synonyms for the word occulting
- adumbrate
- blot out
- cache
- camouflage
- cloak
- cover
- cover up
- curtain
- dissemble
- ditch
- duck
- eclipse
- ensconce
- enshroud
- go into hiding
- go underground
- harbor
- hold back
- hush up
- keep from
- keep secret
- lie low
- mask
- not give away
- not tell
- obscure
- occult
- protect
- put out of the way
- reserve
- salt away
- screen
- secrete
- shadow
- shelter
- shield
- shroud
- squirrel
- stifle
- stow away
- suppress
- take cover
- veil
- withhold
Définition of occulting
Origin :- 1530s, "secret, not divulged," from Middle French occulte and directly from Latin occultus "hidden, concealed, secret," past participle of occulere "cover over, conceal," from ob "over" (see ob-) + a verb related to celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- "to hide" (see cell). Meaning "not apprehended by the mind, beyond the range of understanding" is from 1540s. The association with the supernatural sciences (magic, alchemy, astrology, etc.) dates from 1630s.
- As in bury : verb conceal, cover
- As in stash : verb hide
- The illuminant is oil gas, with an occulting characteristic.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 » by Various
- And Grantline had recognized the Planetara, and had released his occulting screens surrounding the radium ore.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- Perhaps a dark ring of absorptive or occulting matter encircles the nebula in nearly the same plane with the luminous whorls.
- Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
- In the old days we used to depend on occulting lights, but now, flashing lights are much more powerful.
- Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
- An occulting light means that some of the time the light is shut off, and at others it isn't.
- Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
- This has a group of occulting lights showing white to seaward and red towards land.
- Extract from : « On an Irish Jaunting-car » by Samuel G. Bayne
- Verde inclined guide-light changes from 1st proximo to triple flash—green white green—in place of occulting red as heretofore.
- Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling
- And Grantline had recognized the Planetara, and had released his occulting screens surrounding the ore.
- Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings
- Shafts of brighter light swept across and across the water from occulting beacons set at long intervals among buoys.
- Extract from : « Our Casualty And Other Stories » by James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham
- These lights are also fitted with occulting screens on the Lindberg system.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 » by Various
Antonyms for occulting
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