Covering - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it (syn: cover, masking, screening)
- the act of protecting something by covering it
- the work of applying something (syn: application, coating)
Extra examples
...with the commotion on the dance floor as a covering, we were able to slip out undetected...
The covering of capsule, when the seeds become ripe, opens at the top.
The package's outer covering was damaged.
...vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti...
...filmy cobwebs covering the entryway to the cellar...
...a newsy TV program covering the local scene...
Farmers are covering their crops as a preventive measure against frost.
The plains of America are generally characterised by their gramineous covering or their vast forests.
We'll give your men covering fire by shooting them in while they attack the enemy positions.
There was a spiderweb of cracks covering the windscreen.
This reporter has the ability to strike off a good description of the scene he is covering.
I'd just returned from covering the Cambodian war.
The coconut has a fibrous outer covering.
His family kept covering for him.
She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week
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