mantled

We have found lemma(root) word of mantled : mantle.

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[ˈmantl], (Noun)

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- a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn especially by women
(e.g: she was wrapped tightly in her mantle)

- an important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another
(e.g: the second son has now assumed his father's mantle)

- 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)
(e.g: magmas erupted at mid-ocean ridges are derived from the upper mantle)


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Old English mentel, from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French mantel


[ˈmantl], (Verb)

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- cloak or envelop
(e.g: heavy mists mantled the forested slopes)

- (of a bird of prey on the ground or on a perch) spread the wings and tail so as to cover captured prey
(e.g: the female Goshawk is feeding while mantling with spread wings over her prey)


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Origin:
Old English mentel, from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French mantel


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