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covering

cov·er·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuhv-er-ing]
    • /ˈkʌv ər ɪŋ/
    • /ˈkʌvərɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuhv-er-ing]
    • /ˈkʌv ər ɪŋ/

Definitions of covering word

  • countable noun covering A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else. 3
  • noun covering anything that covers 3
  • noun covering something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book. 1
  • noun covering a blanket, quilt, or the like: Put another cover on the bed. 1
  • noun covering protection; shelter; concealment. 1
  • noun covering anything that veils, screens, or shuts from sight: under cover of darkness. 1
See all 63 definitions of covering

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Origin of covering

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at cover, -ing1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Covering

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Covering

covering popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for covering

noun covering

  • shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
  • housing — a covering of cloth for the back and flanks of a horse or other animal, for protection or ornament.
  • cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • integument — a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.
  • casing — A casing is a substance or object that covers something and protects it.

preposition covering

  • on top of — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
  • around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.

general covering

  • pod — the straight groove or channel in the body of certain augers or bits.

adjective covering

  • at length — If someone does something at length, they do it after a long period of time.
  • hiding — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
  • attire — Your attire is the clothes you are wearing.
  • dishabille — the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.
  • nude — naked or unclothed, as a person or the body.

adverb covering

  • on high — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
  • straight up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • over — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
  • on — so as to be or remain supported by or suspended from: Put your package down on the table; Hang your coat on the hook.
  • overtop — to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.

verb covering

  • seaming — the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
  • sew — to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).
All 41 Synonyms of covering

Antonyms for covering

noun covering

  • main idea — the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about: Find the main idea in each paragraph.
  • susceptivity — receptive.
  • denudation — Geology. the exposing or laying bare of rock by erosive processes.
  • core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
  • defense — the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger

adjective covering

  • scrimpy — scanty; meager; barely adequate.

verb with object covering

All 9 Antonyms of covering

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Related words

  • cover

    If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.

  • blanket

    A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.

  • boot

    Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg.

  • mask

    a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.

  • carpet

    A carpet is a thick covering of soft material which is laid over a floor or a staircase.

  • shell

    a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
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