quilt
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1. quilt - Noun
2. quilt - Verb
Meaning
Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover.
To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat.
To wad, as a garment, with warm soft material.
To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
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I read my books at night, like that, under the quilt with the overheated reading lamp. Reading all those good lines while suffocating. It was magic.
Among the group of people waiting at the fortress was a schoolgirl in a brown and yellow uniform holding a green eiderdown quilt and, by the loop at its neck, a red hot-water bottle.
The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt.
Stretch your legs as far as your quilt goes.
Burning the quilt because of the fleas.
Don't try to cover the stone with a quilt.