All 4 Uses of
obscure
in
After the First Death
- "And it's going to mean withholding certain information or"-—he sought the right word, one he wanted me to hear, and found it—"or obscuring the information."
Part 5obscuring = making less visible or understandable
- The snow obscured the footpaths,
Part 7 *obscured = made less visible
- I set out for the bridge, fighting my way through the snow and the wind, the paths obscured, and no one in the area.
Part 7obscured = hid or made less visible or understandable
- The new fallen snow would have obscured them, of course.
Part 7
Definition:
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(obscure as in: it obscured my view) to block from view or make less visible or understandableeditor's notes: Although this meaning of obscure typically refers to seeing or understanding, it can also refer to situation where something makes something else harder to detect or as when a noise makes another noise difficult to hear. Similarly it can reference something overshadowing something else, as in "Her memory of her dog's death was obscured by her brother's death the next day."