Bedecken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beplaster verb To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub (with something).
- carpet noun A thick woven fabric covering used on floors.
- cover verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
- eclipse noun An event where one astronomical body passes in front of another, blocking it from view, such as the Moon passing in front of the Sun.
- hood noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- suffuse verb To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.
Senses
Bedecken is used for these senses in English:
- beplaster (transitive) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub (with something).
- carpet (transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
- eclipse (transitive) Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse.
- hood (transitive) To cover (something) with a hood.
- smother (transitive) To daub or smear.
- suffuse (transitive) To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.
- suffuse (transitive, figuratively) To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.
- suffusion (countable) The act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something.
carpet — full definition
- noun A thick woven fabric covering used on floors.
- noun A thick layer of something covering a surface, resembling a carpet.
- verb To cover a floor with carpet.
- verb Informally, to scold someone severely.