has particulars: bitumastic, coat of paint, emulsion, photographic emulsion, enamel, facing, veneer, finish coat, finishing coat, gilding, gilt, lacquer, overcoat, overcoating, paint, pigment, patina, metal plating, plating, rendering, seal, varnish, veneer, veneering, waterproofing

is a kind of covering

Derived forms verb coat₃, verb coat₁

coat(n = noun.animal) pelage - growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal; Array

is a part of mammal, mammalian

has particulars: fur, fleece, wool

is a kind of hair

Verb Coat has 3 senses

coat(v = verb.contact) surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate"

is one way to cover

Derived forms noun coat₂, noun coating₄, noun coating₁, noun coating₂

Sample sentence:
The wind storms Coat the area with dust and dirt

coat(v = verb.body) Array - cover or provide with a coat; Array

Derived forms noun coat₁, noun coating₃

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

coat(v = verb.contact) cake - form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face"

is one way to cover, spread over

Derived forms noun coat₂, noun coating₁

Sample sentence:
Dust and dirt Coat the area

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Coat, n. [OF. cote, F. cotte, petticoat, cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail, LL. cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. chozzo coarse mantle, G. klotze, D. kot, hut, E. cot. Cf. Cot a hut.].

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men. [1913 Webster]
"Let each
His adamantine coat gird well." [1913 Webster]
A petticoat. Locke. [1913 Webster]
The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. [1913 Webster]
"Men of his coat should be minding their prayers." [1913 Webster]

"She was sought by spirits of richest coat." [1913 Webster]
An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek. [1913 Webster]
"Fruit of all kinds, in coat
Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell." [1913 Webster]
A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish. [1913 Webster]
Same as Coat of arms. See below. [1913 Webster]
"Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight,
Or tear the lions out of England's coat." [1913 Webster]
A coat card. See below. [1913 Webster]
"Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived." [1913 Webster]

Coat armor. See under Armor. -- Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together. -- Coat card, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. “‘I am a coat card indeed.' ‘Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'” Rowley. -- Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. -- Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain. -- Mast coat (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below. -- Sail coat (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean.

Coat, v. t.

To cover with a coat or outer garment. [1913 Webster]
To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Coat, n. & v.
--n.
1 an outer garment with sleeves and often extending below the hips; an overcoat or jacket.
2 a an animal's fur, hair, etc. b Physiol. a structure, esp. a membrane, enclosing or lining an organ. c a skin, rind, or husk. d a layer of a bulb etc.
3 a a layer or covering. b a covering of paint etc. laid on a surface at one time.
--v.tr.
1 (usu. foll. by with, in) a apply a coat of paint etc. to; provide with a layer or covering. b (as coated adj.) covered with.
2 (of paint etc.) form a covering to.

Idiom

coat armour coats of arms. coat dress a woman's tailored dress resembling a coat. coat-hanger see HANGER(1). coat of arms the heraldic bearings or shield of a person, family, or corporation. coat of mail a jacket of mail armour (see MAIL(2)). on a person's coat-tails undeservedly benefiting from another's success.

Derivative

coated adj. (also in comb.).

Etymology

ME f. OF cote f. Rmc f. Frank., of unkn. orig.

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THESAURUS

Coat

Eton jacket, Leatherette, Leatheroid, Mao jacket, anorak, apply paint, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, blanket, blazer, blouse, body coat, bolero, bomber jacket, bonnet, boot, breech, bristle, brush on paint, butter, calcimine, cap, capillament, capuchin, car coat, chaqueta, chesterfield, chromogen, cilium, claw hammer, claw-hammer coat, cloak, coat of paint, coating, coif, collop, color, color filter, color gelatin, colorant, coloring, complexion, cover, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, curtain, cut, cutaway coat, cuticle, dab, daub, dead-color, deal, deep-dye, dermis, dinner jacket, dip, disk, distemper, double-dye, doublet, drape, drapery, dress coat, drier, duffel, dye, dyestuff, emblazon, enamel, engild, exterior paint, face, facing, fast-dye, fell, feuille, film, fingertip coat, fitted coat, flap, flat coat, flat wash, fleece, flesh, floor enamel, foil, fold, fresco, frock, frock coat, fur, furring, gild, glaze, gloss, gown, grain, greatcoat, ground, guise, hair, hanging, hat, hide, hood, horsehair, housing, hue, illuminate, imbue, imitation fur, imitation leather, ingrain, integument, interior paint, jacket, japan, jerkin, jumper, jupe, lacquer, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, lay on, lay on color, layer, leaf, leather, leather paper, loden coat, mackinaw, mane, mantle, mask, medium, membrane, mess jacket, midicoat, monkey jacket, opaque color, outer layer, outer skin, overcoat, overlay, paint, pall, pane, panel, parget, parka, patina, pea jacket, peel, pellicle, pelt, peltry, pigment, pile, plait, plank, plate, plating, ply, plywood, prime, prime coat, primer, priming, pubescence, pubic hair, rasher, rawhide, reefer, revetment, rind, sack, safety glass, san benito, scale, screen, scum, setula, shade, shadow, shag, sheath, sheet, shellac, shelter, shield, shirt, shoe, shroud, ski jacket, skin, skins, slab, slap on, slat, slather, sleeve waistcoat, slice, slop on paint, smear, smear on, smoking jacket, sock, spiketail coat, spread, spread on, spread with, stain, stipple, stocking, swallowtail, tabard, table, tablet, tail coat, tails, tar, tegument, tempera, thinner, tinct, tinction, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, topcoat, transparent color, turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, vair, varnish, vehicle, veil, veneer, vestment, wafer, wash, wash coat, watch coat, whitewash, windbreaker, wool, woolly

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ROGET THESAURUS

Coat

Layer

N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.

VB slice, shave, pare, peel, delaminate, plate, coat, veneer, cover.

Covering

N covering, cover, baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin, canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade, veil (shade), shield, roof, ceiling, thatch, tile, pantile, pentile, tiling, slates, slating, leads, barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed, top, lid, covercle, door, operculum, bulkhead, bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall, coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget, housing, antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip, linoleum, saddle cloth, blanket cloth, tidy, tilpah, apishamore, integument, tegument, skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide, pelt, peltry, cordwain, derm, robe, buffalo robe, cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis, clothing, mask, peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat, eggshell, glume, capsule, sheath, sheathing, pod, cod, casing, case, theca, elytron, elytrum, involucrum, wrapping, wrapper, envelope, vesicle, corn husk, corn shuck, dermatology, conchology, testaceology, inunction, incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction, scale, veneer, facing, overlay, plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate, engobe, ormolu, Sheffield plate, pavement, coating, paint, varnish, plating, barrel plating, anointing, enamel, epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition, ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo, cerement, ointment, covering, superimposed, overlaid, plated, cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous, covered, imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad, under cover, cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform, vaginate.

VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.

Clothing

N clothing, investment, covering, dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim, habiliment, vesture, vestment, garment, garb, palliament, apparel, wardrobe, wearing apparel, clothes, things, underclothes, array, tailoring, millinery, finery, full dress, garniture, theatrical properties, outfit, equipment, trousseau, uniform, regimentals, continentals, canonicals, livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit, rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery, day wear, night wear, zoot suit, designer clothes, masquerade, dishabille, morning dress, undress, kimono, lungi, shooting-coat, mufti, rags, tatters, old clothes, mourning, weeds, duds, slippers, robe, tunic, paletot, habit, gown, coat, frock, blouse, toga, smock frock, claw coat, hammer coat, Prince Albert coat, sack coat, tuxedo coat, frock coat, dress coat, tail coat, cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper, veil, cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure, houppelande, surcoat, overcoat, great coat, surtout, spencer, mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat, ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine, barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma jacket, vest, jerkin, waistcoat, doublet, camisole, gabardine, farthingale, kilt, jupe, crinoline, bustle, panier, skirt, apron, pinafore, bloomer, bloomers, chaqueta, songtag, tablier, pants, trousers, trowsers, breeches, pantaloons, inexpressibles, overalls, smalls, small clothes, shintiyan, shorts, jockey shorts, boxer shorts, tights, drawers, panties, unmentionables, knickers, knickerbockers, philibeg, fillibeg, pants suit, culottes, jeans, blue jeans, dungarees, denims, Levis, Calvin Klein, Calvins, Bonjour, Gloria Vanderbilt, headdress, headgear, chapeau, crush hat, opera hat, kaffiyeh, sombrero, jam, tam-o-shanter, tarboosh, topi, sola topi, pagri, puggaree, cap, hat, beaver hat, coonskin cap, castor, bonnet, tile, wideawake, billycock, wimple, nightcap, mobcap, skullcap, hood, coif, capote, calash, kerchief, snood, babushka, head, coiffure, crown, chignon, pelt, wig, front, peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako, busby, kepi, forage cap, bearskin, baseball cap, fishing hat, helmet, mask, domino, body clothes, linen, hickory shirt, shirt, sark, smock, shift, chemise, night gown, negligee, dressing gown, night shirt, bedgown, sac de nuit, underclothes, underpants, undershirt, slip, brassiere, corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle, stomacher, petticoat, panties, under waistcoat, jock, athletic supporter, jockstrap, sweater, jersey, cardigan, turtleneck, pullover, sweater vest, neckerchief, neckcloth, tie, ruff, collar, cravat, stock, handkerchief, scarf, bib, tucker, boa, cummerbund, rumal, rabat, shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche, galoshes, patten, clog, sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots, high-low, Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot, Balmoral, arctics, bootee, bootikin, brogan, chaparajos, chavar, chivarras, chivarros, gums, larrigan, rubbers, showshoe, stogy, veldtschoen, legging, buskin, greave, galligaskin, gamache, gamashes, moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash, brogue, antigropelos, stocking, hose, gaskins, trunk hose, sock, hosiery, glove, gauntlet, mitten, cuff, wristband, sleeve, swaddling cloth, baby linen, layette, ice wool, taffeta, pocket handkerchief, hanky, hankie, clothier, tailor, milliner, costumier, sempstress, snip, dressmaker, habitmaker, breechesmaker, shoemaker, Crispin, friseur, cordwainer, cobbler, hosier, hatter, draper, linen draper, haberdasher, mercer, diaper, nappy, disposable diaper, cloth diaper, Luvs Huggies, invested, habited, dighted, barbed, barded, clad, costume, shod, chausse, en grande tenue, sartorial, the soul of this man is his clothes.

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