covering
That which covers or concealsThat which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
» Osgood filled Cleveholm with trophy animal heads, Tiffany lamps, ruby velvet drapes, and imported leather wall coverings.
Meaning
4 senses(countable)That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
Abdeckung
(uncountable)Action of the verb to cover.
(countable, uncountable)A collection of sets U_i such that their union contains U; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is open; such a collection with the additional property that every U_i is contained in U.
(countable, uncountable)A special kind of map that establishes a relationship between two topological spaces in the sense that, under the action of the map, the one looks locally like several copies of the second: Formally, a continuous map π:E→X between topological spaces such that there exists, for every point x in X, a discrete space D_x and an open neighborhood U of x such that π⁻¹(U)= displaystyle ⨆_(d∈D_x)V_d and π|_(V_d):V_d→U is a homeomorphism for every d∈D_x. See Covering space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- the act of protecting something by covering it
- an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
Examples
1 sentencesOsgood filled Cleveholm with trophy animal heads, Tiffany lamps, ruby velvet drapes, and imported leather wall coverings.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) + -ing.
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Forms
plural: coveringsSynonyms
6 synonyms- a natural object that covers or envelops:natural coveringcover
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it:coverscreeningmasking
- the work of applying something:applicationcoating
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable