Mantle
Same as: mantlingnoun
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- (a loose sleeveless cloak, something likened to this, a covering, anything that cloaks or envelops) silk mantle អាវដណ្ដប់ គ្មានដៃ, lamp mantle សំបុក មាំងសុង
verb — past tense: mantled ; past participle: mantled ; present participle: mantling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To cover as with a mantle, to be or become covered, as a surface with froth, to blush) គ្របដណ្ដប់
Example: Snow mantled the ground, Ivy mantled the old tower.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
- 2.
- The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills.
- 3.
- Any free, outer membrane.
- 4.
- The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
- 5.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- 6.
- A penstock for a water wheel.
verb — past tense: mantled ; past participle: mantled ; present participle: mantling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To spread out; -- said of wings.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
- 1.
- A mantel