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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:
Hypernyms ("cere" is a kind of...):
beak; bill; neb; nib; pecker (horny projecting mouth of a bird)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cere ... he / she / it ceres
Past simple: cered
-ing form: cering
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
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)