Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Something that covers, so as to protect or conceal.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That which covers, as a lid or canopy; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another, as for concealment, protection, or warmth; specifically, clothing: as, feathers are the natural covering of birds.
- n. The act or process of placing a cover upon something; specifically, in bookbinding, the process of putting covers on a book. In pamphletbinding covering is done by gluing or pasting the paper cover on the back of the sewed sheets. In leather-work it is effected by drawing the leather over the boards attached to the sides of the book, and turning it in over the edges of the boards and back. The covering of cloth-bound books is technically known as casing.
- n. In ceramics, same as glaze. Synonyms Screen, veil, disguise, mask, cloak; envelop, wrapper, integument, case, cover, vesture.
Wiktionary
- n. countable That which covers something.
- n. uncountable Action of the verb to cover.
- v. present participle of cover.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a natural object that covers or envelops
- n. an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
- n. the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- n. the act of protecting something by covering it
- n. the work of applying something
Examples
“For Scottish criminal cases the court can be used only when cases relate to "devolution matters", a term covering the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament in dealing with human rights issues.”
“For Scottish criminal cases, the court can be used only when the case relates to "devolution matters", a term covering the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament in dealing with human rights issues.”
“After making his name covering the Korean War – a role he reprised when he provided his radio voice for the widely watched final episode of "MASH" in 1983 – Pierpoint became a White House correspondent during the Dwight D.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Pierpoint Dead: CBS News Legend Dies At 86
“Industry experts are watching carefully to see how successfully Ms. Curry, who made her name covering global crises and international disasters, will handle the "softer" stories that often dominate the morning and how she clicks one on one with Matt Lauer , who has co-anchored the show since 1997.”
“The Maya live on in Central America today, the term covering different communities in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salavador and western Honduras.”
Alex Higgins: The Maya Really Did Warn Us About Our Future (Unintentionally)
“He guided Guzman to a heavy mahogany table where there was a large map laid out and tapped a word covering the south-western part of the United States.”
“After making his name covering the Korean War - a role he reprised when he provided his radio voice for the widely watched final episode of "MASH" in 1983 - Pierpoint became a White House correspondent during the Dwight D.”
“After making his name covering the Korean War, a role he reprised when he provided his radio voice for the final episode of "MASH" in 1983, Pierpoint became a White House correspondent during the Dwight D.”
“Lara grew up at WABC-TV where she made her name covering features and hard news including the death of Princess Diana and the crash of TWA 800.”
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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AGRI - apiculture
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
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SCIE - neurology
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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