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# obscure

adjective (obscure, more obscure, most obscure); verb (obscure, obscures, obscured, obscuring)

«obscure» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (adjective) Not well known (an obscure singer, an obscure village). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#m1)
2. (adjective) Hard to understand; not clear. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#m3)
4. (verb) To make something hard to understand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x1)
- He likes obscure bands nobody has heard of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x2)
- The meaning of the old poem is obscure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x3)
- The parked van obscured our view of the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x4)
- Fog obscured the top of the mountain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x5)
- That's an obscure fact about frogs! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/#x6)
- A big tree obscures the sign. [tree →](https://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://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.

## In Jewish tradition

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

- For it was originally written in an obscure half-mystical style. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obscure/#x1)

### Note

Verb regular (obscured, obscuring). Noun: obscurity. Safety: if parked cars obscure your view, move to where you can see clearly before crossing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «obscure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obscure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«obscure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/obscure.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «obscure» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obscure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«obscure» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obscure.html) on Mova free.