COATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coated mean? 

• COATED (adjective)
  The adjective COATED has 2 senses:

1. having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination

2. having or dressed in a coat

  Familiarity information: COATED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination

Context example:

sugar-coated pills

Similar:

backed (used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light)

black-coated (coated with black)

glazed ((of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture)

oily (coated or covered with oil)

Antonym:

uncoated (not having a coating)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having or dressed in a coat

Similar:

clad; clothed (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination)

 Context examples 

A solid, semi-solid, solution or suspension that has been coated with a substance that is designed to impede the immediate release of the active and/or inert ingredient(s) after administration.

(Delayed Release Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Enteric-coated articles are delayed release dosage forms.

(Delayed Release Capsule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A solid composed of small particles or grains and have been coated with a substance that is designed to impede the immediate release of the active and/or inert ingredient(s) after administration.

(Delayed Release Granule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A tablet composed of individual fragments have been coated with a substance that is designed to impede the immediate release of the active and/or inert ingredient(s) after administration.

(Delayed Release Particle Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A tablet that has been coated with a substance that is designed to impede the immediate release of the active and/or inert ingredient(s) after administration.

(Delayed Release Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

The direct test is applied to red cells which have been coated with antibody in vivo (e.g., in hemolytic disease of newborn, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and transfusion reactions).

(Coombs Test, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A cytoplasmic vesicle that is coated with proteins which stabilize its structure and facilitate targeting.

(Coated Vesicle, NCI Thesaurus)

The Bouviers Des Flandres is a powerful dog with a massive and heavily-coated head with a thick beard and mustache and shaggy eyebrows.

(Bouviers Des Flandres, NCI Thesaurus)

The brush-coated variety has longer hair and a smoother feel.

(Chinese Shar-Pei, NCI Thesaurus)

I think (with deference be it spoken) the contrast could not be much greater between a sleek gander and a fierce falcon: between a meek sheep and the rough-coated keen-eyed dog, its guardian.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)