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Mantle

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Noun

1. mantle

the cloak as a symbol of authority

Example Sentences:
'place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders'

2. mantle, mickey charles mantle, mickey mantle

United States baseball player (1931-1997)

3. mantle

the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

4. blanket, mantle

anything that covers

Example Sentences:
'there was a blanket of snow'

5. mantle, pallium

(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

6. chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece

shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

Example Sentences:
'in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece'

7. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall

hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

8. cape, mantle

a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

Verb

9. mantle

spread over a surface, like a mantle

10. mantle

cover like a mantle

Example Sentences:
'The ivy mantles the building'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Mantle

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noun
1. archaic
a loose wrap or cloak
2. 
such a garment regarded as a symbol of someone's power or authority
he assumed his father's mantle
3. 
anything that covers completely or envelops
a mantle of snow
4. 
a small dome-shaped or cylindrical mesh impregnated with cerium or thorium nitrates, used to increase illumination in a gas or oil lamp
5. Also called: pallium zoology
a. 
a protective layer of epidermis in molluscs that secretes a substance forming the shell
b. 
a similar structure in brachiopods
6. ornithology
the feathers of the folded wings and back, esp when these are of a different colour from the remaining feathers
7. geology
the part of the earth between the crust and the core, accounting for more than 82% of the earth's volume (but only 68% of its mass) and thought to be composed largely of peridotite
See also asthenosphere
8.  a less common spelling of mantel
9. anatomy another word for pallium (sense 3)
10. 
a clay mould formed around a wax model which is subsequently melted out
verb
11. (transitive)
to envelop or supply with a mantle
12. 
to spread over or become spread over
the trees were mantled with snow
13. (transitive)
(of the face, cheeks) to become suffused with blood; flush
14. (intransitive) falconry
(of a hawk or falcon) to spread the wings and tail over food

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Mantle

see synonyms of mantle
noun
1. 
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape
sometimes used figuratively, in allusion to royal robes of state, as a symbol of authority or responsibility
2. 
anything that cloaks, envelops, covers, or conceals
hidden under the mantle of night
3. 
a small meshwork hood made of a noncombustible substance, such as a thorium or cerium compound, which when placed over a flame, as in a lantern, gives off a brilliant incandescent light
4. 
the outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth
5. 
mantel
6.  Anatomy; Obsolete
the cortex of the cerebrum
7.  Geology
a. 
the layer of the earth's interior between the crust and the core
b. 
mantle rock
8.  Zoology
a. 
a major part of a mollusk or similar organism consisting of a sheet of epithelial tissue with muscular, neural, and glandular elements: it covers the viscera and foot under the shell of univalve or bivalve mollusks, secretes the shell, and forms the body of cephalopods
b. 
the soft outer body wall of a tunicate or barnacle
c. 
the plumage on the back and folded wings of certain birds when it is all the same color
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmantled or ˈmantling
9. 
to cover with or as with a mantle; envelop; cloak; conceal
verb intransitive
10. 
to be or become covered, as a surface with scum or froth
11. 
to spread like a mantle, as a blush over the face
12. 
to blush or flush
13.  Falconry
to spread first one wing, then the other, over the outstretched legs
said of a perched hawk

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Mantle

see synonyms of mantle
American baseball player. One of the greatest sluggers of the game, he played center field for the New York Yankees (1951-1968) and hit 536 home runs.
n.
1. A loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; a cloak.
2. Something that covers, envelops, or conceals:"On a summer night ... a mantle of dust hangs over the gravel roads"(John Dollard).
3. The role or appearance of an authoritative or important person:"a Carlylean conviction that in modern society a poet was obligated to assume the mantle of a prophet"(Richard D. Altick).
4. Variant ofmantel.
5. The outer covering of a wall.
6. A zone of hot gases around a flame.
7. A device in gas lamps consisting of a sheath of threads that gives off brilliant illumination when heated by the flame.
8. Anatomy The cerebral cortex.
9. Geology The zone of the earth between the crust and the core.
10. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace above the hearth.
11. The shoulder feathers, upper back, and sometimes the wings of a bird when differently colored from the rest of the body.
12.
a. A fold or pair of folds of the body wall that covers the internal organs and typically secretes the substance that forms the shell in mollusks and brachiopods.
b. The soft outer wall lining the shell of a tunicate or barnacle.
v.man·tled, man·tling, man·tles
v.tr.
1. To cover with a mantle.
2. To cover with something that acts like a mantle; cover, envelop, or conceal:"when the land was mantled in forest and prowled by lions, leopards, and wolves"(David Campbell).
v.intr.
1. To spread or become extended over a surface.
2. To become covered with a coating, as scum or froth on the surface of a liquid.
3. To blush:cheeks mantling with embarrassment.

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