ricoprire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- heap noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
- interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
- render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
- smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- strew verb To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
- veneer noun A thin decorative layer of a finer material, usually wood, glued over a cheaper surface underneath.
Senses
ricoprire is used for these senses in English:
- heap (transitive) To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.
- interrupt (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
- render (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
- smear (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- smother (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
- strew (dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
- veneer (transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.
heap — full definition
- noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
- noun Informal: a large amount or number of something.
- verb To pile something up, or to give something in large amounts.
interrupt — full definition
- verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
- noun Computing: a signal that makes a computer pause its current task to deal with something more urgent.