Covering

What do we mean by covering?

Something that covers, so as to protect or conceal. noun

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. noun

The act or process of placing a cover upon something; specifically, in bookbinding, the process of putting covers on a book. noun

In ceramics, same as glaze. noun

Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. noun

That which covers something. noun

Action of the verb to cover. noun

Present participle of cover. verb

A natural object that covers or envelops noun

An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) noun

The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it noun

The act of protecting something by covering it noun

The work of applying something noun

To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

To put on one's hat.

To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).

(of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.

To deal with or include someone or something.

To be enough money for.

To act as a replacement.

To have as an assignment or responsibility.

To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).

(law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.

To provide insurance coverage for.

To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).

To protect or control (a piece or square).

To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

To defend a particular player or area.

Words that are spelled similarly to covering:
covering, hovering, cowering, cohering, coveting, overing, lovering, catering, sobering, towering, wavering, conversing, convening, coloring, governing, lowering, revering, cheering, converging, fevering, converting, hoovering, conveying, coring, coving, severing, caverning, cornering, havering, powering, coppering, recovering, capering, clavering, coercing, dowering, cering, uncovering, goering, levering, compering, livering, coshering, cockering, coverings, bowering, coopering, coversine, hoveling, rogering, overwing, coffering, homering, cooeeing, cozening, overking, cosening, doering, cooeying, nosering, vering, cofiring, overling.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word covering:
acres, aspects, kilometers, subjects.

Words that rhyme with covering:
hovering, recovering, discovering, uncovering, livering, lovering, slivering, rediscovering, cover ing.

Adjectives that are often used to describe covering:
protective, outer, thin, thick, external, white, epithelial, complete, like, peritoneal, hard, dense, only, hairy, light, fibrous, outside, slight, serous, bony, soft, natural, transparent, heavy, warm, scanty, membranous, partial, sufficient, temporary, green, continuous, proper, tough, superficial, mucous, waterproof, smooth, horny, extra, loose, outermost, suitable, plastic, top, scaly, bed, artificial, usual, exterior, waxy, inner, chitinous, double, fascial, mere, fat, fleshy, tight, adequate, ground, sparse, periosteal, delicate, cutaneous, wall, icy, gelatinous, solid, rich, foot, impervious, shallow, decent, uniform, wooden.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective covering:
law, serjeant, over, materials, words, machine, glass, tracks.

Consonant match to covering:
cover ing.

Words that sound like covering:
covering, coverage, coverings, coving, kavrin, hovering, caring, quivering, key ring, coverall, caving, cowering, calving, keyring, quavering, coring, choring, culverin, coffering, clavering, governing, hoovering, lovering, havering, kevin, coven, karin, coverup, kettering, cover-up, kerin, kirin, cover up, kerrin, kevyn, keirin, cavum, covers, curing, cover, giving, covered, shivering, clearing, cavern, cuffing, coloring, curving, catering, conversing, recovering, carin, severing, cring, converting, corrine, converging, gearing, corin, cavorting, uncovering, karyn, cavin, coveting, corrin, caryn, katrin, conferring, kring, cave in, covin, levering, korin, corrinne, currin, gering, careering, cave-in, cock ring, kuching, quiring, garing, collaring, gehring, queering, livering, kvamme, covering up, cover you, culturing, geering, cavilling, averring, korem, karen, karan, charon, charron, charan, cyran.