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cocoon

2 verb
     
cocoon2 [transitive usually passive]
to protect or surround someone or something completely, especially so that they feel safe
be cocooned in something
She was cocooned in a reassuring network of friends and relatives.
Usually she lay for ages cocooned in her warm bed.
—cocooned adjective:
a rich, cocooned existence
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