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Noun mantle has 8 senses

mantle - the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
--₁ is a kind of symbol
Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle - United States baseball player (1931-1997)
--₂ is a kind of ballplayer, baseball player
mantle - the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
--₃ is a kind of layer
--₃ is a part of lithosphere, geosphere
--₃ has part: lower mantle; upper mantle
blanket, mantle - anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"
--₄ is a kind of covering, natural covering, cover

Derived forms: verb mantle₂, verb mantle₁
mantle, pallium - (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
--₅ is a kind of epidermis, cuticle
mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
--₆ is a kind of shelf
--₆ is a part of fireplace, hearth, open fireplace
curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
--₇ is a kind of blind, screen; furnishings
--₇ has particulars:
drop curtain, drop cloth, drop; festoon; frontal; portiere; shower curtain; theater curtain, theatre curtain
cape, mantle - a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
--₈ is a kind of cloak
--₈ has particulars: chlamys; mantelet, mantilla; pelisse; tippet

Verb mantle has 2 senses

mantle - spread over a surface, like a mantle
--₁ is one way to diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out

Derived form: noun mantle₄
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
mantle - cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"
--₂ is one way to cover, spread over

Derived form: noun mantle₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something