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bedekken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blanket noun A large piece of soft, thick fabric used for warmth, typically on a bed or wrapped around the body.
  • cake noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
  • carpet noun A thick woven fabric covering used on floors.
  • cover verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
  • engulf verb To completely surround or cover something, often suddenly and overwhelmingly.
  • hood noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.
  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • occult adj Relating to magic, mysticism, or supernatural practices.
  • overlap verb To extend over part of something else, partly covering it.
  • suffuse verb To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.

Senses

bedekken is used for these senses in English:

  • blanket (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
  • cake (transitive) Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
  • carpet (transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
  • cover (transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
  • engulf (transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
  • hood (transitive) To cover (something) with a hood.
  • line (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
  • occult (transitive, astronomy) To cover or hide from view.

blanket — full definition

  1. noun A large piece of soft, thick fabric used for warmth, typically on a bed or wrapped around the body.
  2. noun A covering layer of something, often used figuratively.
  3. adj Applying generally to every case, without exceptions.
  4. verb To cover something completely, as if with a blanket.

cake — full definition

  1. noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
  2. verb To coat something thickly, or to harden into a solid crusted layer.

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