Another word for mantle
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Verb
To cover as if with clothes
- An official garment worn on formal occasions to show office or rank, as by a judge or high church official.
- An academic gown.
- A dressing gown or bathrobe.
- To cover, hang, or decorate with cloth in loose folds:
- To arrange or let fall in loose folds:
- To hang or rest limply:
- To put clothes on; dress:
- To provide clothes for.
- To cover as if with clothing:
- A loose outer garment, such as a cape.
- Something that covers or conceals:
- To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak:
See also:To become red in the face
- To make red.
- To become red.
- To blush.
- To shine brightly and steadily, especially without a flame:
- To have a bright, warm, usually reddish color:
- To flush; blush.
- To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
- To glow, especially with a reddish color:
- To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
- A deep to vivid purplish red to vivid red.
- To make or become deeply or vividly red.
- The appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of the individual's perception of them, involving hue, lightness, and saturation for objects, and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources.
- The characteristics of light by which the individual is made aware of objects or light sources through the receptors of the eye, described in terms of dominant wavelength, luminance, and purity.
- A gradation or variation of this aspect, especially when other than black, white, or gray; a hue:
- To become red in the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame; flush.
- To become red or rosy.
- To feel embarrassed or ashamed:
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Another word for mantle
Noun
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- A piece of fabric or other material that hangs in a window or open space as a decoration, shade, screen, or divider.
- Something that functions as or resembles a screen, cover, divider, or barrier:
- The movable screen or drape in a theater or hall that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop.
- A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.
- One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide:
- A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.
- A large piece of woven material used as a covering for warmth, especially on a bed.
- A layer that covers or encloses:
- Applying to or covering all conditions or instances:
- A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women.
- A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or habit, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
- A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers.
- Something that covers, so as to protect or conceal.
- A sleeveless outer garment fastened at the throat and worn hanging over the shoulders.
- A brightly colored cloth used in maneuvering the bull in a bullfight; a capote or muleta.
- To maneuver (the bull) by means of a cape in a bullfight.
- A loose outer garment, such as a cape.
- Something that covers or conceals:
- To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak:
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