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coprire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  • carpet noun A thick woven fabric covering used on floors.
  • cover verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
  • drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
  • heap noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
  • serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
  • span noun The distance or length between two points, edges, or supports.

Senses

coprire is used for these senses in English:

  • call (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)
  • carpet (transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
  • cover (transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
  • drown (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
  • heap (transitive) To supply in great quantity.
  • serve (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover. [from 16th c.]
  • span (transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.

call — full definition

  1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
  3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
  4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
  5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

carpet — full definition

  1. noun A thick woven fabric covering used on floors.
  2. noun A thick layer of something covering a surface, resembling a carpet.
  3. verb To cover a floor with carpet.
  4. verb Informally, to scold someone severely.

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