English to English
noun
- the cloak as a symbol of authority
Place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders.
source: WordNet 3.0
- United States baseball player (1931-1997)
source: WordNet 3.0
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
source: WordNet 3.0
- anything that covers
There was a blanket of snow.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
source: WordNet 3.0
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
In Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece.
source: WordNet 3.0
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
source: WordNet 3.0
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
source: WordNet 3.0
- A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- spread over a surface, like a mantle
source: WordNet 3.0
- cover like a mantle
The ivy mantles the building.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.
source: Webster 1913
- To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [mantl] Takíp sa dulang
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
