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OVERCOAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("overcoat" is a kind of...):
coat (an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "overcoat"):
capote; hooded coat (a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head)
chesterfield (a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar)
surtout (a man's overcoat in the style of a frock coat)
ulster (loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)
Synonyms:
overcoat; overcoating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("overcoat" is a kind of...):
coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb overcoat
Context examples:
About a quarter of a mile from the stables John Straker’s overcoat was flapping from a furze-bush.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Halfway down the block, he saw a man in a long overcoat shrink back into a doorway.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A footman opened the door, and a small, stout man in a shaggy astrakhan overcoat descended.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In this way I was able at last to reach the corner where Jim had just finished his dressing, while Champion Harrison, with tears of joy still shining upon his cheeks, was helping him on with his overcoat.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A frayed top-hat and a faded brown overcoat with a wrinkled velvet collar lay upon a chair beside him.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I stowed them all discreetly away in my overcoat and drove straight to the address given.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In that case the overcoat was not blown against the furze-bush, but placed there.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
So that her knowledge that Martin was so poor that he had pawned his watch and overcoat did not disturb her.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“I shall be happy to look into it and to give you such advice as I can,” said Holmes, rising and putting on his overcoat.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If that were true the murderer must have dropped some part of his dress, presumably his overcoat, in his flight, and must have had the hardihood to return and to carry it away at the instant when the son was kneeling with his back turned not a dozen paces off.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
