insulate

To prevent the passage of heat, electricity, or sound into or out of, especially by surrounding or covering with a nonconducting material.

To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. synonym: isolate.

To make an island of (a place) by surrounding it with water.

To place in an isolated situation or condition; set apart from immediate contact or association with others; detach; segregate.

In electricity and thermotics, to separate, as an electrified or heated body, from other bodies by the interposition of a non-conductor; more specifically, in the case of electricity, to separate from the earth (since an electrified body tends to part with its electricity to the earth).

In chem., to free from combination with other substances.

In entomology, detached from other parts or marks of the same kind.

To make an island of.

To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.

To prevent the transfer of electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors.