English > covering: 5 senses > noun 1, object| Meaning | A natural object that covers or envelops. |
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| Example | "under a covering of dust" |
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| Synonyms | natural covering, cover |
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| Narrower | bark | tough / tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
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| blanket, mantle | Anything that covers |
| body covering | Any covering for the body or a body part |
| crust, incrustation, encrustation | A hard outer layer that covers something |
| envelope | A natural covering (as by a fluid) |
| hood, cap | A protective covering that is part of a plant |
| indumentum, indument | A covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect |
| indusium | A membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern |
| integument | An outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell |
| perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium | Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils |
| pericarp, seed vessel | The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |
| peridium | Outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi |
| roof | The inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space |
| scale | A flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals |
| sheath, case | An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant ... / plant organ or part |
| shell | The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod |
| shell | A rigid covering that envelops an object |
| shell, eggshell | The exterior covering of a bird's egg |
| skim | A thin layer covering the surface of a liquid / liquid |
| slough | Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) |
| snowcap | A covering of snow (as on a mountain peak) |
| test | A hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
| theca, sac | A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule |
| vesture | Something that covers or cloaks like a garment |
| Broader | natural object | An object occurring naturally |
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| Spanish | cubierta, envoltura, protección |
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| Catalan | coberta, embolcall, protecció |
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| Verbs | cover | form a cover over |
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English > covering: 5 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it). |
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| Narrower | artificial skin | A synthetic covering with two layers used experimentally to treat burn victims |
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| bootleg | The part of a boot above the instep |
| bubble | A dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic |
| canopy | The transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit |
| casing | The outermost covering of a pneumatic tire |
| chafing gear | covering (usually rope or canvas) of a line or spar to protect it from friction |
| cloak | Anything that covers / covers / covers or conceals |
| cloth covering | A covering made of cloth |
| clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment | A covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
| coating, coat | A thin layer covering something |
| cover plate | covering consisting of a plate / plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle |
| drape | A sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility / possibility of contamination |
| earmuff | Either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather |
| fig leaf | A covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful |
| finger | One of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb |
| flap | Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge |
| floor cover, floor covering | A covering for a floor |
| folder | covering that is folded over to protect the contents |
| footwear, footgear | covering for a person's feet |
| hood, exhaust hood | metal covering leading to a vent that exhausts smoke or fumes |
| hood | (falconry) a leather covering for a hawk's head |
| imbrication, overlapping, lapping | covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) |
| instep | The part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot |
| mask | A covering to disguise or conceal the face |
| matting | A covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp) |
| mercy seat | The golden covering of the ark of the covenant |
| paddle box, paddle-box | A wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel |
| planking | (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) |
| protective covering, protective cover, protection | A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury |
| screen, cover, covert, concealment | A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something |
| swathing | Cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound / wound or a baby) |
| thumb | The part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb |
| toe | The part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes |
| top, cover | covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container) |
| upholstery | Covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture |
| wrapping, wrap, wrapper | The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped |
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
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| Spanish | cobertura, cubierta |
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| Catalan | coberta |
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| Verbs | cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
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English > covering: 5 senses > noun 5, act| Meaning | The work of applying something. |
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| Synonyms | application, coating |
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| Narrower | anointing, anointment | The act of applying oil or an oily liquid / liquid |
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| foliation | The work of coating glass with metal / metal foil |
| fumigation | The application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it |
| galvanization, galvanisation | Either the work of covering with metal / metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting |
| lining, facing | Providing something with a surface of a different material |
| lubrication | An application of a lubricant to something |
| painting | The act of applying paint to a surface / surface |
| papering, paperhanging | The application of wallpaper |
| paving, pavage | The act of applying paving materials to an area |
| plastering, daubing | The application of plaster / plaster / plaster |
| plating | The application of a thin coat of metal / metal (as by electrolysis) |
| scumble | The application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture |
| spraying | The application of a liquid / liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer |
| tiling | The application of tiles to cover a surface |
| tinning, tin-plating | The application of a protective layer of tin |
| tinning | The application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them |
| waxing | The application of wax to a surface / surface |
| Broader | manual labor, manual labour | labor done with the hands |
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| Spanish | aplicación, baño, capa, cobertura, mano, revestimiento |
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| Catalan | bany, capa, mà, revestiment |
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