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Definition of mantle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

mantle

verb

NAmE//ˈmæntl//

mantle something (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mantle

he / she / it mantles

past simple mantled

-ing form mantling

to cover the surface of something Heavy mists mantled the forested slopes behind the village.

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