ALL meanings of mantle
man·tle
M m - noun mantle A loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn esp. by women. 1
- noun mantle cloak 1
- noun mantle responsibility 1
- noun mantle layer or covering of: snow, fog, darkness 1
- noun mantle layer of the Earth 1
- noun mantle a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner. 1
- noun mantle Also called mantelshelf. a shelf above a fireplace opening. 1
- verb with object mantle to cover with or as if with a mantle; envelop; conceal. 1
- verb without object mantle to spread or cover a surface, as a blush over the face. 1
- verb without object mantle to flush; blush. 1
- verb without object mantle (of a hawk) to spread out one wing and then the other over the corresponding outstretched leg. 1
- verb without object mantle to be or become covered with a coating, as a liquid; foam: The champagne mantled in the glass. 1
- singular noun mantle If you take on the mantle of something such as a profession or an important job, you take on the responsibilities and duties which must be fulfilled by anyone who has this profession or job. 0
- countable noun mantle A mantle of something is a layer of it covering a surface, for example a layer of snow on the ground. 0
- countable noun mantle A mantle is a piece of clothing without sleeves that people used to wear over their other clothes in former times. 0
- noun mantle a loose wrap or cloak 0
- noun mantle such a garment regarded as a symbol of someone's power or authority 0
- noun mantle anything that covers completely or envelops 0
- noun mantle a small dome-shaped or cylindrical mesh impregnated with cerium or thorium nitrates, used to increase illumination in a gas or oil lamp 0
- noun mantle a protective layer of epidermis in molluscs that secretes a substance forming the shell 0
- noun mantle a similar structure in brachiopods 0
- noun mantle the feathers of the folded wings and back, esp when these are of a different colour from the remaining feathers 0
- noun mantle the part of the earth between the crust and the core, accounting for more than 82% of the earth's volume (but only 68% of its mass) and thought to be composed largely of peridotite 0
- noun mantle a clay mould formed around a wax model which is subsequently melted out 0
- verb mantle to envelop or supply with a mantle 0
- verb mantle to spread over or become spread over 0
- verb mantle (of the face, cheeks) to become suffused with blood; flush 0
- verb mantle (of a hawk or falcon) to spread the wings and tail over food 0
- noun mantle a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape 0
- noun mantle anything that cloaks, envelops, covers, or conceals 0
- noun mantle a small meshwork hood made of a noncombustible substance, such as a thorium or cerium compound, which when placed over a flame, as in a lantern, gives off a brilliant incandescent light 0
- noun mantle the outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth 0
- abbreviation MANTLE mantel 0
- noun mantle the cortex of the cerebrum 0
- noun mantle the layer of the earth's interior between the crust and the core 0
- noun mantle mantle rock 0
- noun mantle a major part of a mollusk or similar organism consisting of a sheet of epithelial tissue with muscular, neural, and glandular elements: it covers the viscera and foot under the shell of univalve or bivalve mollusks, secretes the shell, and forms the body of cephalopods 0
- noun mantle the soft outer body wall of a tunicate or barnacle 0
- noun mantle the plumage on the back and folded wings of certain birds when it is all the same color 0
- verb transitive mantle to cover with or as with a mantle; envelop; cloak; conceal 0
- intransitive verb mantle to be or become covered, as a surface with scum or froth 0
- intransitive verb mantle to spread like a mantle, as a blush over the face 0
- intransitive verb mantle to blush or flush 0
- intransitive verb mantle to spread first one wing, then the other, over the outstretched legs 0