CERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cere mean? 

• CERE (noun)
  The noun CERE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CERE used as a noun is very rare.

• CERE (verb)
  The verb CERE has 1 sense:

1. wrap up in a cerecloth

  Familiarity information: CERE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERE (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)

• CERE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they cere    ... he / she / it ceres   
Past simple: cered   
Past participle: cered   
-ing form: cering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wrap up in a cerecloth

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

cere a corpse

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' Type III features may involve a brief melting of some of the ice within the soil-like regolith, causing the material to flow like mud before refreezing.

(Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content, NASA)

Ceres is covered in countless small, young craters, but none are larger than 175 miles (280 kilometers) in diameter.

(The Case of the Missing Ceres Craters, NASA)

Ceres is geologically active — if not now, then it may have been in the recent past.

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

Ceres had interior hydrothermal activity, which pushed these materials to the surface within Occator.

(Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres' Brightest Area, NASA)

Ceres' uppermost surface is rich in hydrogen, with higher concentrations at mid-to-high latitudes — consistent with broad expanses of water ice.

(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)

Ceres' hydrostatic equilibrium is one reason why astronomers classified the body as a dwarf planet in 2006.

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

Ceres also has numerous craters of varying sizes, many of which have central peaks.

(Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images, NASA)

Ceres, with an average diameter of about 590 miles (950 kilometers), is the largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

(Dawn Glimpses Ceres' North Pole, NASA)

Ceres' bright spot can now be seen to have a companion of lesser brightness, but apparently in the same basin.

('Bright Spot' on Ceres Has Dimmer Companion, NASA)

Ceres, with an average diameter of 950 kilometers, is the largest body in the asteroid belt, the strip of solar system real estate between Mars and Jupiter.

(Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres, NASA)