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[ kuhv-er-ing ] / ˈkʌv ər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR covering ON THESAURUS.COM
nounsomething laid over or wrapped around a thing, especially for concealment, protection, or warmth. Mathematics. cover (def. 51). the buying of securities or commodities that one has sold short, in order to return them to the person from whom they were borrowed. Origin of coveringMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at cover, -ing1 Words nearby coveringcovered wagon, cover for, cover girl, cover glass, cover ground, covering, covering fire, covering letter, covering power, coverlet, cover letter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for coveringShe jumps on his back, mock-choking him and covering his eyes. Sia and Shia LaBeouf’s Pedophilia Nontroversy Over ‘Elastic Heart’|Marlow Stern|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST A spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose. Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Because you were covering up for actions that may or may not have been legally authorized. After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone|Nick Gillespie|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Random House is also covering the legal fees of an innocent man called Barry who was caught up in the storm. The Right's Rape Trolls vs. Lena Dunham|Emily Shire|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Covering 13 acres of a landfill no longer in use in West Nyack, it has a generating capacity of 2.36 megawatts. Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST I wandered on, heavy sniping hissing over my head or into the parapet, covering me with clay occasionally. Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie Lucy was prepared for her look of surprise, but not so for her covering her face with her hands and bursting into tears. Lucy Raymond|Agnes Maule Machar His idea was to build a series of traps all about the barn, covering every approach. Frank Roscoe's Secret|Allen Chapman Cope′-stone, Cop′ing-stone, the stone which copes or tops a wall; Cop′ing, the covering course of masonry of a wall. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various A motor rushed past her, covering her with dust and causing her to clench her hands in anger. The Halo|Bettina von Hutten
British Dictionary definitions for covering
nounanother word for cover (def. 24) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to coveringshelter, housing, cover, integument |