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mbul|o'·n vt 1 to cover 2 to cover [ ] up; hide 3 to bury 4 (on a loom) to wrap [cloth] around a roller • Mbulo balta baltën. "Dirt covers dirt." (said when a bad person dies) Good riddance to bad rubbish. • e mbulo·n dobiçin "cover up the bastard" to conceal one's guilt • i mbulo·n këmbët "cover one's legs" to hide one's true intentions: be sneaky • [ ] mbulo·n me plaf to hide [something wrong], sweep [ ] under the rug • e mbulo·n në hi to keep it (a feeling/secret) pent up inside mbul|u'a|r II§ adj (i) 1 covered; clothed, wrapped 2 roofed over 3 covered/clouded over: overcast 4 latent 5 [Fig] masked, hidden III§ adv under a protective/concealing covering; veiled mbul|u'es adj serving as a covering