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noun | verb mantlemantle1 /ˈmæntl/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYmantle1Origin: 800-900 Old French mantel, from Latin mantellum cloak 1 take on/assume/inherit etc. the mantle of somebody formal to accept or have a particular duty or responsibility: The vice president will assume her boss’s mantle, temporarily.2a mantle of snow/darkness etc. literary something such as snow or darkness that covers a surface or area3earth science the part of the Earth around the central core4a loose piece of outer clothing without sleeves, worn in past times5a cover put over the flame of a gas or oil lamp to make it shine more brightly6science, biology a fold in the layer of skin around the body of a sea or land animal with a soft body and hard outer shell, which contains glands that produce the substance that becomes the shell noun | verb mantlemantle2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEmantle |
Present | I, you, we, they | mantle | | he, she, it | mantles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mantled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mantled | | he, she, it | has mantled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mantled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will mantle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mantled |
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Present | I | am mantling | | he, she, it | is mantling | | you, we, they | are mantling | Past | I, he, she, it | was mantling | | you, we, they | were mantling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mantling | | he, she, it | has been mantling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mantling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mantling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mantling |
literary to cover the surface of something |