| coat | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. coat | an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors. |
| ~ box coat | a short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders. |
| ~ breast pocket | a pocket inside of a man's coat. |
| ~ coat button | a button on a coat. |
| ~ coatee | a short close-fitting coat. |
| ~ coattail | the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist. |
| ~ cutaway | a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees. |
| ~ duffel coat, duffle coat | a warm coat made of duffel; usually has a hood and fastens with toggles. |
| ~ frock coat | a man's coat having knee-length skirts front and back; worn in the 19th century. |
| ~ fur coat | a coat made of fur. |
| ~ greatcoat, overcoat, topcoat | a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter. |
| ~ jacket | a short coat. |
| ~ lab coat, laboratory coat | a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory. |
| ~ mackinaw, mackinaw coat | a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material. |
| ~ newmarket | a long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century. |
| ~ outer garment, overgarment | a garment worn over other garments. |
| ~ raincoat, waterproof | a water-resistant coat. |
| ~ sack coat | man's hiplength coat with a straight back; the jacket of a suit. |
| ~ sheepskin coat, afghan | a coat made of sheepskin. |
| ~ surcoat | a loose outer coat usually of rich material. |
| ~ topper | a woman's short coat. |
| ~ hemline | the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. coat, coating | a thin layer covering something.; "a second coat of paint" |
| ~ bitumastic | a protective coating of asphalt and filter used on structural metals that are exposed to weathering. |
| ~ coat of paint | a layer of paint covering something else. |
| ~ covering | an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it). |
| ~ photographic emulsion, emulsion | a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin. |
| ~ enamel | any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze. |
| ~ facing, veneer | an ornamental coating to a building. |
| ~ finish coat, finishing coat | the final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings.; "we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat" |
| ~ gilding, gilt | a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold. |
| ~ lacquer | a hard glossy coating. |
| ~ overcoating, overcoat | an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish). |
| ~ paint, pigment | a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating.; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" |
| ~ patina | a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal. |
| ~ metal plating, plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface. |
| ~ rendering | a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall. |
| ~ seal | a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture. |
| ~ varnish | a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface. |
| ~ veneer, veneering | coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood. |
| ~ waterproofing | a coating capable of making a surface waterproof. |
| n. (animal) | 3. coat, pelage | growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal. |
| ~ mammal, mammalian | any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk. |
| ~ fur | dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel). |
| ~ wool, fleece | outer coat of especially sheep and yaks. |
| ~ hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss.; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" |
| v. (contact) | 4. coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| ~ rubber, rubberise, rubberize | coat or impregnate with rubber.; "rubberize fabric for rain coats" |
| ~ anodise, anodize | coat a metal with an oxide coat. |
| ~ gelatinize | coat with gelatin. |
| ~ skim | coat (a liquid) with a layer. |
| ~ stucco | coat with stucco.; "stucco the ceiling" |
| ~ egg | coat with beaten egg.; "egg a schnitzel" |
| ~ encrust, incrust | cover or coat with a crust. |
| ~ dredge | cover before cooking.; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it" |
| ~ soot | coat with soot. |
| ~ refinish | give a new surface.; "refinish the dining room furniture" |
| ~ brush on | apply with a brush.; "Brush butter on the roast" |
| ~ patinate, patinise, patinize | coat with a patina. |
| ~ resurface | cover with a new surface. |
| ~ crumb | coat with bread crumbs.; "crumb a cutlet" |
| ~ copper | coat with a layer of copper. |
| ~ finish | provide with a finish.; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly" |
| ~ bonderise, bonderize | coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion.; "bonderize steel" |
| ~ blacktop | coat with blacktop.; "blacktop the driveway" |
| ~ foliate | coat or back with metal foil.; "foliate glass" |
| ~ galvanise, galvanize | cover with zinc.; "galvanize steel" |
| ~ pave | cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic.; "pave the roads in the village" |
| ~ varnish, seal | cover with varnish. |
| ~ glaze | coat with a glaze.; "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze the bread with eggwhite" |
| ~ tar | coat with tar.; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| ~ enrobe | provide with a coating.; "enrobe the nuts with chocolate" |
| ~ daub, plaster | coat with plaster.; "daub the wall" |
| ~ render | coat with plastic or cement.; "render the brick walls in the den" |
| ~ skimcoat | coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle.; "he skimcoated the drywall" |
| ~ paint | apply paint to; coat with paint.; "We painted the rooms yellow" |
| ~ cement | cover or coat with cement. |
| ~ grit | cover with a grit.; "grit roads" |
| ~ plate | coat with a layer of metal.; "plate spoons with silver" |
| ~ metal | cover with metal. |
| ~ macadamise, macadamize, tarmac | surface with macadam.; "macadam the road" |
| ~ size | cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance). |
| ~ metalize, metallize | coat with metal. |
| ~ platinize | coat with metallic platinum. |
| ~ porcelainize | coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface. |
| ~ zinc | coat or cover with zinc. |
| v. (body) | 5. coat | cover or provide with a coat. |
| ~ apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, dress, fit out, habilitate | provide with clothes or put clothes on.; "Parents must feed and dress their child" |
| v. (contact) | 6. cake, coat | form a coat over.; "Dirt had coated her face" |
| ~ spread over, cover | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
| layer | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bed, layer | single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ backing, mount | something forming a back that is added for strengthening. |
| ~ blanket | a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor. |
| ~ row, course | (construction) a layer of masonry.; "a course of bricks" |
| ~ cushion | the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle. |
| ~ interlayer | a layer placed between other layers. |
| ~ laminate | a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers. |
| ~ lift | one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot. |
| ~ overlay | a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface. |
| ~ ply | (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood. |
| ~ tier | one of two or more layers one atop another.; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake" |
| ~ wall | a layer of material that encloses space.; "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue" |
| n. (location) | 2. layer | a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another. |
| ~ region, part | the extended spatial location of something.; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" |
| ~ stratum | one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock). |
| ~ asthenosphere | the lower layer of the crust. |
| ~ chromosphere | a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun. |
| ~ crust, earth's crust | the outer layer of the Earth. |
| ~ exosphere | the outermost atmospheric layer. |
| ~ hydrosphere | the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor. |
| ~ geosphere, lithosphere | the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle. |
| ~ lower mantle | the deeper part of the mantle. |
| ~ mantle | the layer of the earth between the crust and the core. |
| ~ mesosphere | the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere. |
| ~ ozone layer, ozonosphere | a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun. |
| ~ stratosphere | the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere. |
| ~ earth's surface, surface | the outermost level of the land or sea.; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" |
| ~ thermosphere | the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere. |
| ~ tropopause | the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere. |
| ~ troposphere | the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude). |
| ~ upper mantle | the upper part of the mantle. |
| ~ cell wall | a rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells; maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier. |
| ~ snow | a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. layer, level, stratum | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth.; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" |
| ~ place | an abstract mental location.; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" |
| n. (animal) | 4. layer | a hen that lays eggs. |
| ~ biddy, hen | adult female chicken. |
| n. (animal) | 5. layer | thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells. |
| ~ blastoderm, blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc | a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula. |
| ~ hypodermis | layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods. |
| ~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| v. (contact) | 6. layer | make or form a layer.; "layer the different colored sands" |
| ~ shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| crowd out | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. crowd out, force out | press, force, or thrust out of a small space.; "The weeds crowded out the flowers" |
| ~ displace | cause to move, usually with force or pressure.; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
| overlap | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. convergence, intersection, overlap | a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena.; "there was no overlap between their proposals" |
| ~ crossroads | a point where a choice must be made.; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology" |
| ~ interface | the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other.; "the interface between chemistry and biology" |
| ~ internal representation, mental representation, representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. overlap | the property of partial coincidence in time. |
| ~ conjunction, co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence | the temporal property of two things happening at the same time.; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. lap, overlap | a flap that lies over another part.; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches" |
| ~ cuff, turnup | the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg. |
| ~ flap | any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely.; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope" |
| ~ lapel | lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar. |
| ~ lappet | a small lap on a garment or headdress. |
| v. (stative) | 4. overlap | coincide partially or wholly.; "Our vacations overlap" |
| ~ co-occur, coincide, cooccur | go with, fall together. |
| ~ share | have in common.; "Our children share a love of music"; "The two countries share a long border" |
| v. (stative) | 5. overlap | extend over and cover a part of.; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city" |
| ~ cover, extend, continue | span an interval of distance, space or time.; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" |
| ~ imbricate | overlap.; "The roof tiles imbricate" |
| usurp | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. arrogate, assume, seize, take over, usurp | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" |
| ~ take | take by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
| ~ annex | take (territory) as if by conquest.; "Hitler annexed Lithuania" |
| ~ appropriate, conquer, seize, capture | take possession of by force, as after an invasion.; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" |
| ~ preoccupy | occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance.; "the army preoccupied the hills" |
| ~ hijack | seize control of.; "they hijacked the judicial process" |
| ~ raid | take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock.; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies" |
| v. (social) | 2. usurp | take the place of.; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke" |
| ~ supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace | take the place or move into the position of.; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" |
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