cocooning Definition

cocoon
noun

1. The protective silky covering that many animals, eg spiders and earthworms, spin around their eggs.
2. A similar covering that a larva spins around itself before it develops into a pupa.

verb cocooned, cocooning

1. To wrap someone or something up as if in a cocoon.
2. To protect someone from the problems of everyday life.

Etymology: 17c: French cocon, from Provençal coucoun eggshell.

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cocooning
noun

1. The practice of choosing to spend one's spare time with a partner or one's family, rather than taking part in more social activities.