English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of mantle

mantle

/noun/ पोशिश; आवरण; आच्छादन; मुखावरण; लबादा; चोग़ा; परदा; नक़ाब;
/verb/लपेटना; लपेट देना; आच्छादित करना; ढंकना; झाग उठना; फेन आना; चेहरे पर लाली दौड़ जाना; ढकना; ओढना; छिपाना;

Synonym veneer; cover; vesture; revetment; cloak; negligee; curtain; mask; swathe; intertwist; scarf; carpet;

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English Dictionary:

1. Mantle

[n.]

- A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
- Same as Mantling.
- The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus.
- Any free, outer membrane.
- The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
- A mantel. See Mantel.
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- A penstock for a water wheel.

2. Mantle

[v. i.]

- To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
- To spread out; -- said of wings.
- To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
- To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.

3. Mantle

[v. t.]

- To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.