insulate

insulate

protect from heat or electricity

Not to be confused with:

insolate – expose to the sun’s rays

insolent – presumptuous; arrogant; impertinent: His insolent remarks were not well received.

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in·su·late

 (ĭn′sə-lāt′, ĭns′yə-)

tr.v. in·su·lat·ed, in·su·lat·ing, in·su·lates

1. To prevent the passage of heat, electricity, or sound into or out of, especially by surrounding or covering with a nonconducting material: insulate an attic.

2. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. See Synonyms at isolate.

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[Latin īnsula, island + -ate.]

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insulate

(ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt)

vb (tr)

1. (General Physics) to prevent or reduce the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound to or from (a body, device, or region) by surrounding with a nonconducting material

2. to isolate or detach

[C16: from Late Latin insulātus: made into an island]

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in•su•late

(ˈɪn səˌleɪt, ˈɪns yə-)

v.t. -lat•ed, -lat•ing.

1. to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound.

2. to place in an isolated or protected situation.

[1530–40; < Latin insulātus made into an island. See insular, -ate¹]

in′su•la`tive, adj.

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in·su·late

(ĭn′sə-lāt′)

To cover or surround with a material that prevents the loss or transfer of heat, electricity, or sound: We insulated our attic to keep out the cold.

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insulation noun

insulator noun

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insulate

Past participle: insulated
Gerund: insulating

Imperative

insulate

insulate

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	insulate - protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" weatherstrip - provide with weatherstripping; "The window must be weatherstripped before the cold weather sets in" soundproof - insulate against noise; "Proust had his apartment soundproofed"
	2.	insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" isolate segregate - separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims" ghettoise, ghettoize - put in a ghetto; "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized" cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office" seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" quarantine - place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My dog was quarantined before he could live in England" maroon - leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island" discriminate, single out, separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or race

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insulate

verb

1. isolate, protect, screen, defend, shelter, shield, cut off, cushion, cocoon, close off, sequester, wrap up in cotton wool Their wealthy families had insulated them from reality.

2. cover, wrap, enclose, swathe, encase, sheathe Are your hot and cold water pipes well insulated?

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insulate

verb

To set apart from a group:

close off, cut off, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester.

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Translations

يَعْزِل، يُغَطّي بمادةٍ عازِلَه

izolovat

isolere

isolieren

aislar

isoler

szigetel

einangra

isolareisolatoremateriale isolanteseparareisolamento

izoliacijaizoliuoti

izolētnorobežot

isolere

isolera

izole etmekyalıtmak

使绝缘

insulate

[ˈɪnsjʊleɪt] VT (gen) → aislar (from de)

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insulate

[ˈɪnsjʊleɪt] vt

(against cold, heat) → isoler; (against sound) → isoler, insonoriser
to insulate sth from sth, to insulate sth against sth [+ cold, heat, sound] → isoler qch de qch; [+ sound] → isoler qch de qch

(fig) (= protect) to insulate sb from sth, to insulate sb against sth → protéger qn de qch
to insulate o.s. from sth, to insulate o.s. against sth → se protéger de qchinsulating material n → matériau m isolant, isolant minsulating tape n → (ruban m) isolant m; (adhesive) → chatterton m

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insulate

vt

(lit) → isolieren; in this anorak you’re well insulated against the cold → in diesem Anorak sind Sie gut gegen Kälte geschützt; to insulate something from noise → etw schallisolieren; insulated pliers → Isolierzange f

(fig: from unpleasantness etc) → abschirmen (from gegen)

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insulate

[ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt] vt (against cold) → isolare termicamente; (against noise) → isolare acusticamente (Elec) (wire) → isolare (fig) (person) to insulate sb (from) → tener qn lontano (da)

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insulate

(ˈinsjuleit) verb

to cover, protect or separate (something) with a material that does not let especially electrical currents or heat etc pass through it. Rubber and plastic are used for insulating electric wires and cables. isoleer يَعْزِل، يُغَطّي بمادةٍ عازِلَه изолирам isolar izolovat isolieren isolere μονώνωaislar eraldama عایق بندی کردن eristää isoler לְבוֹדֵד आवरण चढा़ना, अलग करना izolirati szigetel melindungi einangra isolare 絶縁する 절연하다 izoliuoti izolēt; norobežot melindungi isolerenisolereizolować جلاكول، بيلول، پوښول، ټاپوځنى جوړول isolar a izola изолировать izolovať izolirati izolovati isolera ห่อหุ้มด้วยฉนวน yalıtmak, izole etmek 使絕緣 відокремлювати; ізолювати غیر موصل اجزا کے ذریعے دوران روکنا cách ly 使绝缘

ˌinsuˈlation noun

isolasie عَزْل изолация isolamento izolace die Isolierung isolering μόνωσηaislamiento eraldamine عایق بندی eriste isolationבידוד विद्युत रोधन izoliranje, izolacija elszigetel(őd)és; szigetelő(anyag) isolasi einangrun isolamento 絶縁 절연 izoliacija izolācija; izolēšana; norobežošana perlindungan isolatieisolasjon, isoleringizolacja جلاوالى، بيلوالى isolamento izolaţie изоляция; изоляционныи материал izolácia izolacija izolovanost isolation, isolering ฉนวน yalıtım 絕緣 ізоляція; відокремлення غیر موصل بنانے کا عمل sự cách ly 绝缘

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