Thesaurus / encrust
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- layer
- scale
- enamel
- overlay
- laminate
- cover
- flake
- gild
- foil
- face
- stratify
- silver
- bronze
- platinize
- nickel
- anodize
- chrome
- electroplate
- sully
- smear
- blacken
- smudge
- defile
- smirch
- grime
- smutch
- pollute
- foul
- corrupt
- mold
- debase
- botch
- rot
- muddy
- draggle
- contaminate
- blur
- stain
- spot
- tarnish
- spoil
- coat
- decay
- blotch
- taint
- discolor
- spatter
- sweat
- smoke
- mess up
- tar
- begrime
- besoil
- make dusty
- make impure
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How to use encrust in a sentence
The palm-sized find was metallic, but so dirt-encrusted he couldn’t make out what it was.
HOW SCOTLAND FORGED A RARE ALLIANCE BETWEEN AMATEUR TREASURE HUNTERS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTSCORINNE IOZZIOAUGUST 24, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEYou know Paris Hilton is an icon because even other stars can’t resist basking in the glow of her Swarovski-encrusted, Barbie-pink aura.
THE SURPRISINGLY COMPLICATED PLEASURES OF COOKING WITH PARISJUDY BERMANAUGUST 4, 2021TIMEFollowing a seaside holiday, Marcus Samuel came up with the idea of selling shell-encrusted boxes as souvenirs.
THE HUMAN HISTORY FOUND INSIDE A SEASHELLKATHARINE NORBURYJULY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe worst moments, of course, are those few seconds between taking off all your ice-encrusted layers and stepping into that life-changing shower.
MY 10 BEST POST-ADVENTURE SHOWERSAHEARDJULY 26, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEAmong the prizes for grabs include a year of free stays at the luxury Shangri-La Hotels, a vintage diamond-encrusted Rolex, rare tea leaves that legend says once cured an emperor’s ailing mother and health insurance.
MORE VACCINE-HESITANT HONGKONGERS ARE FINALLY SIGNING UP FOR COVID-19 SHOTS. IS IT BECAUSE OF THE GIVE-AWAYS, OR THE OUTBREAK NEARBY?AMY GUNIA / HONG KONGJUNE 11, 2021TIMEFrom my vantage point on the lichen-encrusted shore, Lake Superior looked like a vast freshwater ocean.
ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK IS AS WILD AS IT GETSEMILY PENNINGTONMARCH 10, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEHis heavily encrusted, palimpsest-like works make use of all the graphic qualities of patterned fabrics, then add movement and torque, creating the effect of flying apart or massing together.
PETER SACKS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING ARTISTS IN AMERICA. BUT HE DIDN’T FIND HIS VOICE UNTIL LATE IN LIFE.SEBASTIAN SMEEMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAt first, nanoparticles of silica encrusted the bacteria and the biomorphs, Nims says.
FOSSIL MIMICS MAY BE MORE COMMON IN ANCIENT ROCKS THAN ACTUAL FOSSILSCAROLYN GRAMLINGFEBRUARY 9, 2021SCIENCE NEWSThey constitute the greater number by far of the hard minerals which encrust the terrestrial globe.
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINESANDREW UREPoetry has no golden mean; mediocrity here is of another metal, which Voltaire, however, had skill enough to encrust and polish.
IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS AND POEMSWALTER SAVAGE LANDORWORDS RELATED TO ENCRUST
- begrimed
- besoiled
- blackened
- blotched
- blurred
- botched
- coated
- contaminated
- corrupted
- debased
- decayed
- defiled
- discolored
- draggled
- encrusted
- fouled
- grimed
- made dusty
- made impure
- mess up
- molded
- muddied
- polluted
- rotted
- smeared
- smirched
- smoked
- smudged
- smutched
- spattered
- spoiled
- spotted
- stained
- sullied
- sweated
- tainted
- tared
- tarnished
- begriming
- besoiling
- blackening
- blotching
- blurring
- botching
- coating
- contaminating
- corrupting
- debasing
- decaying
- defiling
- discoloring
- draggling
- encrusting
- fouling
- griming
- making dusty
- making impure
- mess up
- molding
- muddying
- polluting
- rotting
- smearing
- smirching
- smoking
- smudging
- smutching
- spattering
- spoiling
- spotting
- staining
- sullying
- sweating
- tainting
- taring
- tarnishing
- abuts
- adjoins
- aligns
- allineates
- arrays
- binds
- butt against
- communicates
- creases
- cuts
- delineates
- draws
- edges
- fixes
- follows
- fringes
- furrows
- groups
- inscribes
- joins
- line up
- marches
- marshals
- neighbors
- orders
- ordinates
- outlines
- places
- queues
- ranges
- ranks
- rims
- rules
- scores
- skirts
- touches
- traces
- underlines
- verges
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