eclipse
noun
[ ɪˈklɪps ]
• an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
• "an eclipse of the sun"
Similar:
blotting out,
blocking,
covering,
obscuring,
hiding,
concealing,
veiling,
shrouding,
darkening,
occultation,
• a phase during which the distinctive markings of a bird (especially a male duck) are obscured by moulting of the breeding plumage.
• "eclipse plumage"
eclipse
verb
• (of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body).
• "Jupiter was eclipsed by the Moon"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French e(s)clipse (noun), eclipser (verb), via Latin from Greek ekleipsis, from ekleipein ‘fail to appear, be eclipsed’, from ek ‘out’ + leipein ‘to leave’.
