obscure
part of speech
adjective (obscure, more obscure, most obscure); verb (obscure, obscures, obscured, obscuring)
meaning for a pupil
1) (adjective) Not well known (an obscure singer, an obscure village). tree →
2) (adjective) Hard to understand; not clear. tree →
3) (verb) To hide something or make it hard to see (clouds obscured the moon). tree →
4) (verb) To make something hard to understand. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science: clouds obscure the sun; fog obscures the view. In reading: an obscure word is rare and hard. In safety: do not let anything obscure your view when crossing the road. Phrases: an obscure fact, obscure the view.
examples
- For it was originally written in an obscure half-mystical style. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Clouds obscured the moon. tree →
- He likes obscure bands nobody has heard of. tree →
- The meaning of the old poem is obscure. tree →
- The parked van obscured our view of the road. tree →
- Fog obscured the top of the mountain. tree →
- That's an obscure fact about frogs! tree →
- A big tree obscures the sign. tree →
- Heavy clouds obscured the sky, and the Moon did not make his appearance at all. tree →
note
Verb regular (obscured, obscuring). Noun: obscurity. Safety: if parked cars obscure your view, move to where you can see clearly before crossing.
Trees and pragmatics
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