What part of speech is cloistered?

Cloistered can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. cloistered is a verb, past participle of cloister (infinitive).
  • 2. cloistered is a verb, past simple of cloister (infinitive).
  • 3. cloistered is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more cloistered
    most cloistered
  • Positive: cloistered 
  • Comparative: more cloistered
  • Superlative: most cloistered

What does cloistered mean?

Definitions

Adjective

cloistered - of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
cloistered - providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"

Verb

cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden
cloister - surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden"

Examples of cloistered

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The cloistered academic world of books.
2. verb Cloister the garden.
Sentence  
adj.
The cloistered academic world of books.
verb
Cloister the garden.

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