mantled
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˈmæntəld/
- The garden was mantled with vines, giving the old fence a beautiful, natural cover.
Examples
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The mountain was mantled in a thick layer of snow, creating a serene winter landscape.
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The first week explorers fought it an eerie place, its banks darkened by tangled woods, its water mantled with poisonous fog.
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Mantled in blood, Casimir shambled around the room, gasping for air like a punctured bellows.
Fiction book (1992) -
Before she had been flashed in air and clothed in nakedness, and mantled in in cold, and her very bones were only slender things like shafts of ice.
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These three were followed by a personage of gigantic stature, not clad, but mantled about with a robe of the blackest dye.
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As night fell, the sky became mantled in clouds, signaling an approaching storm.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having something on top or around it
121
1.0
Having a covering of paper or cloth, like a present
40
6.2
Partly hidden or not said clearly
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3.3
Covered with cloth that hangs in loose folds, like curtains or a gown
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6.8
Hidden so people cannot see the true purpose or meaning
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4.1
Covered with metal plates for strength and protection
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3.5
Having parts that lie on top of each other, like a cake
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3.9
Wearing a certain kind of clothing or covered with a material
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5.8
Covered with a hard layer, often of dirt, shells, or jewels
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2.3
With floors or stairs covered with carpet
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6.7
Covered with a thin layer of metal
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4.2
Covered with a hard layer on the surface
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4.6
Completely covered by something so it is hidden or overwhelmed
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4.2
Covered with a protective outer layer, for example cables or pipes
5
5.8
Covered by a protective layer or case
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3.3
Having a layer of something on its surface, like fur or seasoning
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3.5
Hidden from view by cloth hung over a window or opening
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5.3
A vehicle or object with thick metal on the outside to protect against attack
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1.2
Covered by a layer like snow or leaves
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3.7
Completely covered by a layer, like snow or fog
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4.2
A thing that has a box or outer layer that protects it
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2.1
Having a thin layer of dust on it
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4.6
A person wrapped in clothes so they are hard to recognize
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7.2
Covered with heavy metal plates for protection
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4.9
Surrounded by mist or cloud that makes it hard to see
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9.4
Covered as if by a soft veil of fog or shadow
1
9.8
Having a protective outer layer like an onion bulb
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.2
A small brown animal with black stripes on its back that lives on the ground in western North America
How Covered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mantled comes from an old word for a 'cloak' and is the same root as mantle, which means a covering or cloak. So when something is mantled it is 'covered' or wrapped over like a cloak, which explains its modern meaning.