n. 1. a. A sleeved outer garment extending from the shoulders to the waist or below. b. See suit coat. 2. The hair or fur of an animal: a dog with a short coat. 3. a. The outer covering of a biological structure or organ: a seed coat. b. The outer covering of a virus. 4. A layer of material covering something else; a coating: a second coat of paint. tr.v. coat·ed, coat·ing, coats 1. To provide or cover with a coat. 2. To cover with a layer: Dust coated the table. I coated the wall with paint. [Middle English cote, from Old French, from Frankish *kotta; akin to Old High German kozzo and Old Saxon kot, cloak, mantle, all from an ultimate unknown source.] coated adj. |
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