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# insulate

«insulate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To cover something with a material that stops heat, cold…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (insulate, insulates, insulated, insulating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To cover something with a material that stops heat, cold or sound from passing through easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#m1)

2) To cover wires with a material that stops electricity from passing out, to keep people safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#m2)

3) To protect someone from something unpleasant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, insulators are materials that do not let heat or electricity pass easily: plastic and rubber insulate wires, wool and feathers insulate animals and people, foam insulates houses and lunch boxes. Experiments test which material keeps a cup of hot water warm longest. In safety, never touch a wire whose insulation is damaged. Phrases: «insulate a house», «insulated cup», «insulate from».

### examples

- We insulate the loft so the house stays warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#x1)
- Plastic insulates the wires so you don't get a shock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#x2)
- Thick fur insulates polar bears from the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#x3)
- Which material insulates the hot water best? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#x4)
- An insulated flask keeps soup hot for hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#x5)
- Wool socks insulate your feet in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#x6)
- Air trapped between layers helps to insulate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#x7)
- Never touch a cable if the plastic around it is broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/#x8)

### note

Noun: «insulation»; a material that insulates is an «insulator»; the opposite is a «conductor». Trap: a blanket does not make heat; it insulates, keeping in the heat you already have — and it also keeps an ice cube cold.

### In the corpora

- [The ice lid insulates the water below, which stays liquid, so fish and frogs can survive the winter at the bottom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «insulate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insulate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.