Cake (someone or something) with (something) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "cake (someone or something) with (something)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Katie Anh calendar 2021-09-13 06:09

Meaning of Cake (someone or something) with (something)

Cake (someone or something) with (something) verb phrase

"With" can be sometimes replaced by "in".

To cover someone or something with a layer of a soft or wet substance like mud, blood, etc. that becomes thick and hard when it dries

 

Elephants like to cake themselves with mud.

The victim was found being caked with blood.

My feet was caked in mud.

Other phrases about:

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To cover up or conceal problems in order to make a situation seem better
cover the waterfront

To cover a very wide range of things or every detail of something.

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1. To sprinkle or cover something with a lot of something 
2. To add or mix a lot of something in something such as a speech,video, story etc
3. To continuously attack someone or something with something such as stones, bullets, etc

paint (one) black

To intentionally describe someone in a evil or malicious way

soap down

To cover someone or something with soap 

Grammar and Usage of Cake (someone or something) with (something)

Verb Forms

  • caked someone/something with something
  • Be caked with something
  • cakes someone/something with something

The verb "cake" should be conjugated according to its tense.

More examples:

I caked the statue with a new layer of oil paint.

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