English words for 'Alternative form of coat-trailing.'
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verb
noun
- The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
- A coat card.
- (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
- (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
- A coat of arms.
- (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
- (countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
- an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
- a thin layer covering something
verb
noun
verb
noun
- small flat mass of chopped or ground food
- food made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, typically cooked in an oven
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- A block of any various dense materials.
- A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
- (slang) A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.
- (pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
- (slang) Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.
- A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
- (slang) Money.
- A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
verb
- coat or back with metal foil
- hammer into thin flat foils
- decorate with leaves
- grow leaves
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.
- (botany) Of a plant: to produce leaves.
- (architecture) To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
- To split into layers or leaves.
- To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
adj
- ornamented with foliage or foils
- (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
- (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
- Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
- (geology) Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).
- (geometry) Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
- Of or relating to leaves.
- Of a plant: having leaves.
noun
verb
- apply a heavy coat to
- affix conspicuously
- apply a plaster cast to
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- coat with plaster
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
noun
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
noun
- A thin covering or coat.
- (countable) The action of the verb to wash
- The liquid used to wash an ore.
- (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
- (stock market, finance) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
- A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
- (uncountable, chiefly British, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
- (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
verb
verb
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- come to the surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (transitive) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- (transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- (intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.
adj
noun
- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- information that has become public
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
- The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
- (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
verb
noun
verb
- coat with a layer of metal
- (baseball) To score a run.
- (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
- (philately, particularly with early British stamps) To identify the printing plate used.
- (cooking, photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
- (philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
noun
- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- any flat platelike body structure or part
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a main course served on a plate
- (geology) A tectonic plate.
- (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- (music) A record, usually vinyl.
- (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- (printing, photography) An image or copy.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A material covered with such a layer.
- (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- The contents of such a dish.
- (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- (historical) Plate armor.
- (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
- (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (military) trauma plate.
- (heraldry) A roundel of silver or argent.
- (especially Australia; metonymic, plural only) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's foot.
- (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
- (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- (slang, seduction community) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
- A course at a meal.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
- (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
noun
- A loose-fitting long coat.
- (oil and gas) A dry drillhole, one that does not produce oil or gas.
- (papermaking) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
- (education) A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a chalkboard.
- (baseball) A high pitch toward the batter.
- (military, informal) A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled anti-aircraft gun.
- (milling) A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.
- Someone who dusts.
- A duststorm.
- An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.
- (Philippines) A type of loose dress worn at home as well as within the vicinity of one's home.
- a piece of cloth used for dusting
- a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
- a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
- a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter
noun
noun
- a loose outer coat usually of rich material
- a tunic worn over a knight's armor
- (historical) An overgarment worn over a woman's gown; a kind of short robe worn over the tunic at the close of the 11th century.
- (historical) A loose sleeveless garment worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms.
verb
conj
noun
- (informal, uncountable) Human body hair, especially when abundant.
- (heraldry, countable) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
- (countable) A furry, a member of the furry fandom.
- (uncountable) The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
- (uncountable) The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
- (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Sexual attractiveness.
- (uncountable) The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
- (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Pubic hair.
- (uncountable) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
- (countable) A garment made of fur.
- (uncountable) A thick pile of fabric.
- (hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
- (uncountable) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
- (countable) An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
- a garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
prep
verb
noun
- A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; sometimes, a coloured primer.
- A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair
- seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
verb
noun
- (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
- (computing) A file produced by such a program.
- Coal tar.
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
- (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.
- a man who serves as a sailor
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
noun
- (informal) A trench coat.
- (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
- (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
- a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- any long ditch cut in the ground
verb
- To have direction; to aim or tend.
- To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
- (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
- To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
- (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
- (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
- To cut furrows or ditches in.
- fortify by surrounding with trenches
- impinge or infringe upon
- cut a trench in, as for drainage
- set, plant, or bury in a trench
- cut or carve deeply into
- dig a trench or trenches
noun
- (skiing, snowboarding) A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
- (mining) The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
- (cricket) One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
- A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
- (cricket) A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
- (croquet) Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
- (cricket) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
- (cricket) The period during which two batsmen bat together.
- A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (veterinary) A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs.
- (US, dialect) A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
- (British, Canada) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
- a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
- The job of a wicketkeeper while the team is bowling.
- (Internet, informal) An angle bracket when used in HTML.
- a small arch used as croquet equipment
- small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
- cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
- small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
verb
noun
- a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
- A work made of stucco; stuccowork.
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive, by extension) To coat over something.
- (transitive) To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
- (transitive) To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- (transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- cover with liquid before cooking
- strike violently and repeatedly
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
noun
verb
- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
noun
- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
adj
noun
adj
noun
- A thin covering or coat.
- (countable) The action of the verb to wash
- The liquid used to wash an ore.
- (countable, often in the plural) The residue after an ore, etc, has been washed
- (stock market, finance) A fraudulent transaction in which the same stock is simultaneously bought and sold for the purpose of manipulating the market.
- A place where a precious metal found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing.
- (uncountable, chiefly British, New Zealand, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.
- (pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze.
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
verb
noun
- A loose-fitting long coat.
- (oil and gas) A dry drillhole, one that does not produce oil or gas.
- (papermaking) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
- (education) A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a chalkboard.
- (baseball) A high pitch toward the batter.
- (military, informal) A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled anti-aircraft gun.
- (milling) A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.
- Someone who dusts.
- A duststorm.
- An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.
- (Philippines) A type of loose dress worn at home as well as within the vicinity of one's home.
- a piece of cloth used for dusting
- a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
- a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
- a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter
noun
noun
- a loose outer coat usually of rich material
- a tunic worn over a knight's armor
- (historical) An overgarment worn over a woman's gown; a kind of short robe worn over the tunic at the close of the 11th century.
- (historical) A loose sleeveless garment worn over a suit of armor, sometimes colored or embroidered with the wearer's coat of arms.
noun
- (informal) A trench coat.
- (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
- (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
- a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- any long ditch cut in the ground
verb
- To have direction; to aim or tend.
- To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
- (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
- To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
- (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
- (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
- To cut furrows or ditches in.
- fortify by surrounding with trenches
- impinge or infringe upon
- cut a trench in, as for drainage
- set, plant, or bury in a trench
- cut or carve deeply into
- dig a trench or trenches
noun
- (skiing, snowboarding) A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
- (mining) The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.
- (cricket) One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.
- A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.
- (cricket) A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.
- (croquet) Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.
- (cricket) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.
- (cricket) The period during which two batsmen bat together.
- A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (veterinary) A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs.
- (US, dialect) A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.
- (British, Canada) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller
- a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
- The job of a wicketkeeper while the team is bowling.
- (Internet, informal) An angle bracket when used in HTML.
- a small arch used as croquet equipment
- small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
- cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
- small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
noun
noun
noun
adj
verb
noun
- The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
- A coat card.
- (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
- (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
- A coat of arms.
- (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
- (countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
- an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
- growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
- a thin layer covering something
verb
noun
verb
noun
- small flat mass of chopped or ground food
- food made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, typically cooked in an oven
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- A block of any various dense materials.
- A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
- (slang) A pair of buttocks, especially one that is exceptionally plump or full.
- (pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
- (slang) Ellipsis of piece of cake: a trivially easy task or responsibility.
- A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
- (slang) Money.
- A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
verb
- coat or back with metal foil
- hammer into thin flat foils
- decorate with leaves
- grow leaves
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.
- (botany) Of a plant: to produce leaves.
- (architecture) To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”).
- To split into layers or leaves.
- To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver.
adj
- ornamented with foliage or foils
- (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
- (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
- Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
- (geology) Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).
- (geometry) Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
- Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
- Of or relating to leaves.
- Of a plant: having leaves.
noun
verb
- apply a heavy coat to
- affix conspicuously
- apply a plaster cast to
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- coat with plaster
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on
- (transitive, figurative) To smooth over.
- (transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
- (transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
- (transitive) To apply a plaster to.
- (transitive, figurative) To bombard heavily or overwhelmingly; to overwhelm (with weapons fire).
- (transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
noun
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- (uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
- (uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings.
- (countable, British, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
- (by ellipsis, uncountable) Plaster of Paris.
- (countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.
- A similar material used for exterior walls.
verb
- put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- come to the surface
- appear or become visible; make a showing
- (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
- (transitive) To make (information, facts, content, etc) known.
- (transitive) To bring to the surface.
- (transitive) To provide with a surface; to apply a surface to.
- (intransitive, figurative) To come out of hiding.
- (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
- (intransitive, of information, facts, content, etc) To become known or apparent; to appear or be found; to come to light.
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- a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
- the outermost level of the land or sea
- information that has become public
- the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- (figurative) Outward or external appearance.
- The overside or upside of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
- The outside hull of a tangible object.
- (crosswording) The story or image suggested by a cryptic clue, when read as a whole sentence without considering wordplay.
- (computer graphics) A portion of the display to which graphics can be rendered.
- (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a space of more than two dimensions.
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- coat with a layer of metal
- (baseball) To score a run.
- (transitive) To beat into thin plates.
- (philately, particularly with early British stamps) To identify the printing plate used.
- (cooking, photography) To place the various elements of a meal on the diner's plate prior to serving.
- (transitive) To arm or defend with metal plates.
- (philately) to categorise stamps based on their position on the original sheet, in order to reconstruct an entire sheet.
- To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.
- (aviation, travel industry) To specify which airline a ticket will be issued on behalf of.
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- the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube
- the thin under portion of the forequarter
- a shallow receptacle for collection in church
- any flat platelike body structure or part
- a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)
- dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
- a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic
- structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage
- a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth
- a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper)
- the quantity contained in a plate
- a main course served on a plate
- (geology) A tectonic plate.
- (hat-making) The fine nap (as of beaver, musquash, etc.) on a hat whose body is made from inferior material.
- (music) A record, usually vinyl.
- (dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.
- A prize given to the winner in a contest.
- (printing, photography) An image or copy.
- Precious metal, especially silver.
- A material covered with such a layer.
- (printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.
- The contents of such a dish.
- (chemistry) Any flat piece of material such as coated glass or plastic.
- (historical) Plate armor.
- (engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.
- A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
- (Australia) A VIN plate, particularly with regard to the car's year of manufacture.
- (aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.
- (uncountable) Such dishes collectively.
- (construction) A horizontal framing member at the top or bottom of a group of vertical studs.
- (baseball) Home plate.
- (military) trauma plate.
- (heraldry) A roundel of silver or argent.
- (especially Australia; metonymic, plural only) Vehicle license plates, registration plates.
- One of the thin parts of the brisket of an animal.
- (figuratively) An agenda of tasks, problems, or responsibilities
- A taxi permit, especially of a metal disc.
- (printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's foot.
- (engineering, electricity) The anode of a vacuum tube.
- (herpetology) Any of various larger scales found in some reptiles.
- (weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- A flat object of uniform thickness.
- (slang, seduction community) Any of the potential romantic or sexual partners with whom a person keeps in touch as part of plate spinning.
- A course at a meal.
- (Lego building) A Lego piece that is thin, 1/3 the height of a brick, and has studs on top.
- (furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
- A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating
- A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.
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- (informal, uncountable) Human body hair, especially when abundant.
- (heraldry, countable) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
- (countable) A furry, a member of the furry fandom.
- (uncountable) The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
- (uncountable) The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
- (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Sexual attractiveness.
- (uncountable) The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
- (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Pubic hair.
- (uncountable) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
- (countable) A garment made of fur.
- (uncountable) A thick pile of fabric.
- (hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
- (uncountable) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
- (countable) An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
- a garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur
- the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
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- A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; sometimes, a coloured primer.
- A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair
- seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
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- (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
- (computing) A file produced by such a program.
- Coal tar.
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
- (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.
- a man who serves as a sailor
- any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
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- a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat interior walls or to make interior mouldings.
- A work made of stucco; stuccowork.
- A material with binder and aggregate that is used to coat exterior walls or to make exterior mouldings.
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- (transitive, by extension) To coat over something.
- (transitive) To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
- (transitive) To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- (transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
- cover with liquid before cooking
- strike violently and repeatedly
- sew together loosely, with large stitches
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- coat with a layer of copper
- (US, card games) In the game of faro: to place a copper coin, or now usually a small disc or token, on (a playing card) to indicate that a player bets against that card.
- (figurative) To bet against (something).
- To coat or sheathe (something) with copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- To give (something) a colour by applying a copper salt.
- (chiefly UK) To inform on (someone) to the police; to nark.
- (intransitive, chiefly UK) To inform on someone to the police.
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- a copper penny
- a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
- a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
- (uncountable) The reddish-brown colour of copper (etymology 1 sense 1).
- (uncountable, chemistry) A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- A person working as an informer for the police; a nark
- (spinning) A component of the cop (“conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle”) in a spinning machine.
- (countable, entomology) In full copper butterfly: any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.
- A prisoner who informs on fellow prisoners.
- (chiefly Australia, UK) A police officer, especially one in uniform.
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