[
US
/kəˈkun/
]
[ UK /kəkˈuːn/ ]
[ UK /kəkˈuːn/ ]
VERB
-
retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment
She loves to stay at home and cocoon
Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings - wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection
NOUN
- silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs
How To Use cocoon In A Sentence
- These companies will also sell you mason bee cocoons, if you don't want to wait for the neighborhood bees to stumble across your beehouse on their own. Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
- Describing the species as "cocooned", Ferguson then lamented the present day "look at me" culture. Sir Alex Ferguson: I'm in no mood for retiring at Manchester United
- She says that when a caterpillar encases itself in its cocoon, tiny cells called imaginal cells begin to appear within the chrysalis. Love For No Reason
- Also known as Endi or Errandi, Eri is a multivoltine silk spun from open-ended cocoons, unlike other varieties of silk. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- Preliminary analysis: death from overdose of coldsleep drugs, combined with oxygen starvation and dehydration when cocoon failed to properly deploy. The City Who Fought
- Silk moth cocoons are made of a layer of silk that the caterpillar exudes from glands in its mouth.
- She also queried whether youngsters were being 'cocooned' by over-protective parents afraid that they would come to harm if they went outside the back-garden. Home | Mail Online
- It is clever, and being cocooned in a moving car while the story unfolds and darkness falls, ensure it is a memorable, even creepy experience.
- The mist hung in a sort of cocoon about them, blotting out the rest of the forest.
- One mourner said her journey through the stages of mourning was like being in a cocoon.