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Mantle

ˈmantl

Mantle definitions

noun

Inflections:

mantle mantles

a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women

"she was wrapped tightly in her mantle"

Synonyms:
cloak cape shawl wrap stole
- a covering of a specified sort
  
  "the houses were covered with a thick mantle of snow"
- a bird's back, scapulars, and wing coverts, especially when of a distinctive colour
  
  "many gulls are all white except for dark grey mantle and wings"
- (in molluscs, cirripedes, and brachiopods) a fold of skin enclosing the viscera and secreting the shell
an important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another

"the second son has now assumed his father's mantle"

Synonyms:
role burden onus duty responsibility function position capacity task job
a fragile mesh cover fixed round a gas jet, kerosene wick, etc., to give an incandescent light when heated
the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks (mainly peridotite)

"magmas erupted at mid-ocean ridges are derived from the upper mantle"
- the part of another planetary body corresponding to the earth's mantle
  
  "the lunar mantle"

verb

Inflections:

mantle mantled mantles mantling

cloak or envelop

"heavy mists mantled the forested slopes"

Synonyms:
cover envelop veil cloak curtain shroud swathe wrap blanket screen cloud conceal hide disguise mask obscure surround overlay clothe
- (of blood) suffuse (the face)
  
  "a warm pink mounted to the girl's cheeks and mantled her brow"
- (of the face) glow with a blush
  
  "her rich face mantling with emotion"
- (of a liquid) become covered with a head or froth
  
  "the poison mantled in the bowl"
(of a bird of prey on the ground or on a perch) spread the wings and tail so as to cover captured prey

"the female Goshawk is feeding while mantling with spread wings over her prey"