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mantle

/ mantle /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
spread over a surface, like a mantle
Type of:
diffuse spread spread out
Derived:
blanket
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 2
cover like a mantle
"The ivy mantles the building"
Type of:
cover spread over
Derived:
blanket
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 3
United States baseball player (1931-1997)
Type of:
ballplayer baseball player
noun Sense 4
(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
Type of:
epidermis cuticle
Domain:
zoology zoological science
noun Sense 5
the cloak as a symbol of authority
"place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
Type of:
symbol
noun Sense 6
the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
Type of:
layer
Has parts:
lithosphere geosphere
noun Sense 7
anything that covers
"there was a blanket of snow"
Type of:
covering natural covering cover
Derived:
blanket
noun Sense 8
a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
Type of:
cloak
Kinds of:
chlamys mantelet mantilla pelisse tippet
noun Sense 9
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
"in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
Type of:
shelf
Has parts:
fireplace hearth open fireplace
noun Sense 10
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
Type of:
blind screen furnishings
Kinds of:
drop curtain drop cloth drop festoon frontal
Derived:
pall curtain
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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Times Searched
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diffuse spread spread out cover spread over ballplayer baseball player epidermis cuticle symbol layer covering