(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If an unpleasant event or feeling ~s something, it makes it less happy or enjoyable.
Fears for the President’s safety could ~ his peace-making mission...
= cloud
VERB: V n
2.
If you are ~ed by a person or thing, you are less successful, important, or impressive than they are.
Hester is ~ed by her younger and more attractive sister.
= eclipse
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
3.
If one building, tree, or large structure ~s another, it stands near it, is much taller than it, and casts a shadow over it.
She said stations should be in the open, near housing, not ~ed by trees or walls.
VERB: V-ed