Eclipse



noun
1.
(the blocking of light from one heavenly body by another, a loss of brilliance or power or reputation) solar eclipse សូរគ្រាស, lunar eclipse ចន្ទ្រគ្រាស
verbpast tense: eclipsed ; past participle: eclipsed ; present participle: eclipsing ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) Planets eclipse the sun បាំងធ្វើអោយបាត់ពន្លឺ, eclipse his predecessor លុបលើ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
2.
The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
verbpast tense: eclipsed ; past participle: eclipsed ; present participle: eclipsing ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To suffer an eclipse.