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ENROBE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they enrobe ... he / she / it enrobes
Past simple: enrobed
Past participle: enrobed
-ing form: enrobing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adorn with a robe
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "enrobe" is one way to...):
attire; deck out; deck up; dress up; fancy up; fig out; fig up; get up; gussy up; overdress; prink; rig out; tog out; tog up; trick out; trick up (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Provide with a coating
Example:
enrobe the nuts with chocolate
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "enrobe" is one way to...):
coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
