Sekirov Dictionary

mantle

/ˈmæn.təl/

noun 13
verb 6
forms 5
phrases 1

noun13

A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
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(figurative) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- At the meeting, she finally assumed the mantle of leadership of the party.
- The movement strove to put women under the protective mantle of civil rights laws.
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The layer between Earth's core and crust.
- The crust (a mere 1% of the Earth's volume) is made of lighter melt products from the mantle. — 2012
Any similar layer in an exoplanet.
A mantling.
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(figurative) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. — 1599
A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
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The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- He grasps the female from slightly below about the mid-mantle region and positions himself so his arms are close to the opening of her mantle. — 1990
The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
The zone of hot gases around a flame.
The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
The cerebral cortex.
A penstock for a water wheel.

verb6

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To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- As the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness; so their rising senses Begin to chace the ign'rant fumes, that mantle Their clearer reason. — 1610
To become covered or concealed.
To climb over or onto something.
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To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
- […] and then that coffee! what fragrance it diffused through the room — how the foaming hot cream mantled over it, making discovered country from whose bourne no Master Philip's teeth water, […] — 1847
The action of stretching out the wings to hide food.
The action of stretching a wing and the same side leg out to one side of the body.

forms

mantled · mantling · mantles · mantleth · mantlest

Phrases with mantle

assume the mantle
To take on a specific role or position, along with any associated responsibilities.

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