as in to cover
to form a layer over
thicken the sauce until it will coat the back of a spoon
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Recent Examples of coat
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
The eighty-one-year-old Crumb, dressed in a long dark coat and his trademark fedora and Coke-bottle glasses, looked over his drawings as if trying to place old acquaintances at a party.
—Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Adrienne So, Wired News, 15 Apr. 2025
Carefully ladle about half of the glaze over the ham and use a brush to coat evenly.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Finally, Madonna puts on her coat and leaves, laughing, renewed and jubilant, no longer tired.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
The eighty-one-year-old Crumb, dressed in a long dark coat and his trademark fedora and Coke-bottle glasses, looked over his drawings as if trying to place old acquaintances at a party.
—Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
Rather than bonding a waterproof, breathable membrane below the shell fabric, manufacturers will save money by just coating the inner surface with a waterproof, breathable film.
—Adrienne So, Wired News, 15 Apr. 2025
Carefully ladle about half of the glaze over the ham and use a brush to coat evenly.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coat
Noun
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Estimates range from around $250 for a wool check dress by Gernreich to a a black jersey evening dress by Gernreich for Bill Cunningham.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
25 Apr. 2025
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But Ayoub warns that this could damage both the wool rug and your washing machine.—
Tessa Cooper,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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More: Obamacare covers cancer screening and cholesterol meds.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Birmingham police received a 911 call at around 5 p.m. local time that day, and found a car covered with bullet holes soon after.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Lead by the restorative properties of prickly pear oil, this rich mask helps restore the hair shaft, improve split ends, and achieve overall healthier hair.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
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As the real Del Rey stepped out in a crimson gown with her hair in perfect curls, phones shot into the air for the performance’s climax.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Central Press/Getty Images/Hulton Archive The incident, along with smog that regularly blanketed cities like Los Angeles, pushed the federal government to develop the Clean Air Act, which was first implemented in 1963 and then updated significantly in 1970 and several times since.—
Alejandra Borunda,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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On the next two Orlando possessions, Holiday blanketed Banchero on a missed midrange jumper and then denied a post entry to Wagner, resulting in a Magic turnover.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But Maduro’s numbers have been widely discredited by both domestic and international observers, based on both polling prior to the election and tally sheets the opposition was able to recover from voting machines before Maduro’s forces shut down the count.—
Rafael Bernal,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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Failure to confront and anticipate social and environmental issues and their consequences is being sheeted back to boards and executives.—
The Sorenson Impact Institute,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
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“Coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coat. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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