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CERE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cere" is a kind of...):

beak; bill; neb; nib; pecker (horny projecting mouth of a bird)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wrap up in a cerecloth

Example:

cere a corpse

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "cere" is one way to...):

wrap; wrap up (arrange or fold as a cover or protection)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

Ceres shares many commonalities with meteorites rich in water and organics — in particular, a meteorite group called carbonaceous chondrites.

(Dawn Discovers Evidence for Organic Material on Ceres, NASA)

Ceres' crust is likely a mixture of ice, salts, rock and an additional component believed to be clathrate hydrate.

(Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres, NASA)

Ceres has a special property called "hydrostatic equilibrium," which was confirmed in this study.

(What's Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data, NASA)

Ceres' gravity field is measured by monitoring radio signals sent to Dawn, and then received back on Earth, by NASA's Deep Space Network.

(What's Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data, NASA)