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| coat [ kōt ] |
noun (plural coats) |
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1. warm outer garment: an item of clothing with long sleeves that is usually at least knee-length and is worn outdoors over other clothes
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2. U.S. suit jacket: a jacket worn as part of a suit, with a skirt or trousers
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3. covering on animal: the fur, wool, or hair that covers an animal
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4. thin covering: any thin layer that covers something
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transitive verb (past and past participle coat·ed, present participle coat·ing, 3rd person present singular coats) |
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1. cover surface: to cover a surface with a thin layer of something
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often passive
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2. give coat to somebody: to provide somebody with a coat
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usually used in the passive
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| [14th century. < Old French cote< Germanic] |
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  coat·er noun |
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