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# obscure

«obscure» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not well known (an obscure singer, an obscure village)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#m1)

2) (adjective) Hard to understand; not clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#m2)

3) (verb) To hide something or make it hard to see (clouds obscured the moon). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#m3)

4) (verb) To make something hard to understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#m4)

### 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

- Clouds obscured the moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x1)
- He likes obscure bands nobody has heard of. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x2)
- The meaning of the old poem is obscure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x3)
- The parked van obscured our view of the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x4)
- Fog obscured the top of the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x5)
- That's an obscure fact about frogs! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x6)
- A big tree obscures the sign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x7)
- Heavy clouds obscured the sky, and the Moon did not make his appearance at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x8)

### 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

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