Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To cover with a coating of some material.

    The frying pan was coated with a layer of non-stick material, making it easier to wash.

    beschichten

    покрыва́тьpokryvátʹ

    cover or provide with a coat

  2. (transitive)To cover like a coat.

    put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

  3. (archaic, transitive)To clothe.

Examples

1392 sentences

  1. Hang your coat on the hook.

    Вішайте ваше пальто на гачок. — mkazarian

    ruПовешай своё пальто на крючок. — odexed

    deHäng deinen Mantel an den Haken. — Sudajaengi

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  2. May I take off my coat?

    Можна мені зняти пальто? — deniko

    ruМожно мне снять пальто? — shanghainese

    deDarf ich meinen Mantel ausziehen? — al_ex_an_der

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  3. He turned his coat inside out.

    Він вивернув пальто навиворіт. — deniko

    ruОн вывернул пальто наизнанку. — fjay69

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  4. I'll go and get your coat.

    Піду візьму твоє пальто. — deniko

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  5. Tom bought a new winter coat.

    Том купив нове зимове пальто. — deniko

    ruТом купил новое зимнее пальто. — odexed

    deTom hat sich einen neuen Wintermantel gekauft. — wolfgangth

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to cover with a coat of some material:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cover with a coat of some material:

Origin

From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with s

From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewd-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”).

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Forms

coats, coating, coated, coated
Base formcoat · to coat
3rd person singularcoats
Present participlecoating
Past simplecoated
Past participlecoated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycoat
he, she, itcoats

Past simpleLesson

all personscoated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave coated
he, she, ithas coated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill coat

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • form a coat over:cake
  • put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface:surface

Word family

6 related words
Relatedcoating
Derivedcoatablecoatercoat uprecoatthree-quarter coat

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a fur coat
  • wearing a coat
  • fur coat
  • a new coat
  • off his coat
  • new coat
  • his coat and
  • a heavy coat
  • take your coat
  • hung his coat
  • hang your coat
  • black coat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coastA2coastalB1coastercoastlineB2coatingcoattailcoauthor

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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