- 1plate something (with something) to cover a metal with a thin layer of another metal, especially gold or silver a silver ring plated with gold see gold-plated, silver plate
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- 2plate something (with something) to cover something with sheets of metal or another hard substance The walls of the vault were plated with steel. see armor-plated
plate
verbNAmE//pleɪt//
[usually passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they plate he / she / it plates
past simple plated
-ing form plating
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