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# coat

«coat» in Mova's school dictionary: **a warm piece of clothing with sleeves that you wear over…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a coat, coats); verb (coat, coats, coated, coating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A coat is a warm piece of clothing with sleeves that you wear over your other clothes when you go outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#m1)

2) An animal's coat is its fur or hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#m2)

3) A coat of paint or another liquid is a thin layer spread over a surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#m3)

4) To coat something means to cover it with a thin layer of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety a coat keeps you warm and dry in cold, wet or windy weather; «put your coat on», «hang up your coat», «take off your coat». In science an animal's thick coat keeps it warm in winter, and many animals grow a thicker coat before winter and shed it in spring. In art and DIY you give a fence «a second coat». In cooking you «coat the chicken in breadcrumbs». In stories a coat often shows the weather or who someone is (a long black coat, a raincoat).

### examples

- Put your coat on, it's freezing outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#x1)
- She hung her wet coat on the hook by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#x2)
- The dog's shiny coat shows that it is healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#x3)
- Arctic foxes grow a white coat in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#x4)
- Dad gave the shed two coats of paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#x5)
- Coat the apples in melted chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#x6)
- My winter coat has a hood and deep pockets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#x7)
- The cat's coat was covered in burrs after the walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#x8)
- He sewed them on his coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/#x9)

### note

Countable: a coat, two coats. «Coat» (outdoor) is different from «jacket» (shorter, lighter), but people often mix them. A «raincoat» keeps off rain, a «lab coat» is worn in science labs. As a verb it takes «in» or «with»: coat it in flour, coated with ice. Do not confuse with «cot» (a baby's bed).

### In the corpora

- [One coat of paint often looks patchy, so a second coat is painted on once the first is dry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/11-when-things-break/13/)
- [Donkey coats are not waterproof like horses' coats, so donkeys need shelter from the rain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/7/)
- [Donkeys love to roll in dust, which scratches itches, cleans the coat and keeps off flies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/13/)
- [Labradors were bred to fetch from water, with a thick waterproof coat and a thick otter-like tail used as a rudder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/13/)
- [Bumblebees can fly on cold days because they shiver their flight muscles to warm up, and their furry coats keep the heat in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.