cubrir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- carpet noun A thick woven fabric covering used on floors.
- clad adj Dressed or covered in something, especially clothing or a protective layer.
- coat noun An outer garment worn over other clothes, typically with sleeves.
- cover verb To place something over another thing to protect, conceal, or shield it.
- drape noun A curtain, or heavy cloth hung over a window or doorway.
- engulf verb To completely surround or cover something, often suddenly and overwhelmingly.
- fill verb To add enough of something to a container or space so that nothing more can fit.
- mask noun A covering worn over the face for disguise, protection, or costume.
- smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
- span noun The distance or length between two points, edges, or supports.
- top noun The highest point or part of something.
Senses
cubrir is used for these senses in English:
- carpet (transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
- clad (archaic, literary, or, obsolete, past tense clad) To clothe, to dress.
- coat (transitive) To cover with a coating of some material.
- cover (transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
- cover (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
- cover (transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- drape (transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
- engulf (transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
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.
clad — full definition
- adj Dressed or covered in something, especially clothing or a protective layer.
- verb To cover something with a protective outer layer, such as insulation or panelling.