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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover |
| Synonyms: | coat, glaze, pave, plate, spread, superimpose, veneer |
| Main Entry: | gilt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gilded |
| Synonyms: | alloyed, gaudy, gleaming, glittering, golden, lustrous, meretricious, overlaid, painted, plated, shiny, showy, sparkling, specious, tinsel, tinseled, varnished |
| Main Entry: | blanket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover |
| Synonyms: | bury, cloak, cloud, coat, conceal, crown, eclipse, envelop, hide, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, suppress, surround |
| Antonyms: | lay bare, uncover |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrap, hide |
| Synonyms: | blanket, board up, bury, bush up, cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, cover up, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, do on the sly, dress, eclipse, encase, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, protect, put on, screen, secrete, set on, shade, shield, shroud, stash, superimpose, superpose, surface, veil |
| Antonyms: | lay bare, lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
| Main Entry: | envelop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encase, hide |
| Synonyms: | blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, enwrap, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, overspread, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up |
| Notes: | envelop is the verb; envelope is the noun |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap |
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put paint or finish on |
| Synonyms: | clad, coat, cover, decorate, dress, finish, front, level, line, overlay, plaster, polish, redecorate, refinish, remodel, sheathe, shingle, side, skin, smooth, surface, veneer |
| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay in creases |
| Synonyms: | bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crisp, crumple, curl, dog-ear, double, double over, furrow, gather, groove, hem, intertwine, knit, lap, overlap, overlay, plait, pleat, plicate, pucker, purse, replicate, ridge, ruche, ruck, ruffle, telescope, tuck, turn under, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | flatten, leave, unbend |
| Main Entry: | front |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look out on to |
| Synonyms: | border, confront, cover, encounter, face, look over, meet, overlay, overlook |
| Main Entry: | gild |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embellish, decorate |
| Synonyms: | adorn, aureate, aurify, beautify, bedeck, begild, brighten, coat, deck, dress up, embroider, engild, enhance, enrich, garnish, glitter, grace, ornament, overlay, paint, plate, tinsel, varnish, wash, whitewash |
| Notes: | gild means to decorate with gold leaf or liquid gold while a guild is a formal association of people with similar interests |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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