Eclipse

Noun

 * 1) An astronomical alignment in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle object onto the other object.
 * 2) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.

Verb

 * 1)  Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
 * 2)  To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.

Adjectives for Eclipse
mysterious; swift; dismal; temporary; absolute; ominous.

Verbs for Eclipse
identify—; observe—; predict—; record—; study—; suffer—; throw into—; —blinds; —cloaks; —clouds; —-darkens; —deprives; —dims; —extinguishes; —hides; —intercepts; —intervenes; —obscures; —occurs; —overcasts; —screens; -—shadows.

Adverbs for Eclipse
exultantly; mysteriously; swiftly; dismally; temporarily; absolutely; ominously; skillfully; treacherously; eventually; partially; entirely; scarcely; finally; triumphantly.

Thesaurus
lay over, laying on, lunar eclipse, make blind, mantle, mantling, mask, masking, melting, muffle, murk, obduce, obduction, obfuscate, obnubilate, obscuration, obscure, obscuring, obumbrate, occult, occultate, occultation, outshine, overcast, overcloud, overlay, overlaying, overshadow, overspread, overspreading, pargeting, partial eclipse, passing, plasterwork, put down, put on, put to shame, recession, screen, screening, scum, shade, shading, shadow, sheathing, shield, shielding, show up, shroud, shrouding, slump, slur over, snow-blind, solar eclipse, somber, spread over, strike blind, stuccowork, superimpose, superimposition, superpose, superposition, surpass, top, total eclipse, upholstering, upholstery, vanishing, vanishing point, varnish, veil, veiling, whitewash, wipe, wrapping, adumbrate, annular eclipse, apply to, bandage, becloud, bedarken, bedazzle, bedim, befog, begloom, benight, black, black out, blacken, blackout, blanket, blanketing, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, block, block the light, blockage, blocking, blot out, blotting out, brown, camouflage, canopy, cast a shadow, cementwork, central eclipse, cloak, cloaking, clothe, cloud, cloud over, clouding, coating, conceal, concealment, cope, cover, cover up, coverage, covering, cowl, curtain, curtaining, darken, darken over, darkening, daze, dazzle, decline, dematerialization, departure, deprive of sight, dim, dim out, dimming, disappearance, disappearing, disguise, dispersion, dissemble, dissipation, dissolution, dissolving, distract attention from, downturn, eclipsing, elimination, encloud, encompass with shadow, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, envelopment, enwrapment, enwrapping, erasure, evanescence, evaporation, excecate, extinction, extinguish, fadeaway, fadeout, fading, fake out, film, glare, gloom, gloss over, going, gouge, hide, hiding, hood, hoodwink, incrustation, keep under cover, lay on,

Etymology
From eclipsis:, from  ἔκλειψις:, from ἐκλείπω:, from ἐκ: and λείπω:.

Related terms

 * ecliptic
 * ecliptical
 * lunar eclipse
 * solar eclipse
 * total eclipse

Noun

 * Ancient Greek: ἔκλειψις (ekleipsis)
 * Arabic: كسوف, خسوف
 * Armenian: խավարում
 * Breton: fallaenn, -où , gwaskadenn , -où
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: eclipsi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: eclipse
 * German: Finsternis, Eklipse , (solar:) Sonnenfinsternis, (lunar:) Mondfinsternis
 * Greek: εκλείψη (eklípsi)
 * Hebrew: ליקוי מאורות (likui maorot)
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: gerhana
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 食 (shoku), 蝕 (shoku), ,
 * Kabuverdianu:
 * Badiu: eklipsi
 * ALUPEC/ALUPEK: eklipsi
 * Korean: 식현상 (sikhyeonsang)
 * Latin:
 * Malay: gerhana
 * Maltese:
 * Old French:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dubhadh
 * Slovak: zatmenie
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: förmörkelse
 * Telugu: గ్రహణం (grahaNaM)
 * Thai: (òopbpàraakaa)
 * Yucatec Maya:

Verb

 * Catalan: eclipsar
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan: eclipsar
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From eclipsis:.

Noun

 * 1) eclipse

Noun

 * 1) eclipse

Related terms

 * eclipsar

Etymology
From eclipsis:.

Noun

 * 1) eclipse
 * 2) disappearance

Related terms

 * eclipsar