Lexic.us

Definition of Covering

1. Noun. A natural object that covers or envelops. "The fox was flushed from its cover"

2. Noun. An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it).

3. Noun. The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it. "The cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"

4. Noun. The act of protecting something by covering it.

5. Noun. The work of applying something. "The surface was ready for a coating of paint"

Definition of Covering

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

Definition of Covering

1. Noun. That which covers something. ¹

2. Noun. Action of the verb ''to cover''. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of cover) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Covering

1. something that covers [n -S]

Medical Definition of Covering

1. A surrounding layer; something that covers or encloses, forming an outer layer. See: tunica. Coverings of spermatic cord, coverings of the spermatic cord, including external and internal spermatic fasciae, and cremasteric muscle and fascia. Synonym: tunicae funiculi spermatici. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Covering

covered covered bridge covered bridges covered call covered calls covered couch covered option covered smut covered stadium covered stand

covered wagon coverer coverers covereth coveries covering fire covering letter covering letters covering material covering number

covering space covering spaces coverings coverless coverlet coverlets coverlid coverlids covermeter

Literary usage of Covering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of the Law of Torts by Edwin Ames Jaggard (1895)
"covering the definition, source, and nature of International Law. ... TERRITORIAL PROPERTY OF А STATE: covering modes of acquiring property, boundaries, ..."

2. The Lancet (1898)
"SIBS,—Hoch has been said and written of late respecting the abolition of the unqualified assistant and also the act of "covering" unqualified practitioners ..."

3. Transactions by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Institution of Public Health Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"My attention was recently called to a new method of covering cotton. It is a patented process invented in 1889, and known as the " King cotton bale covering ..."

4. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong, Roul Tunley (1883)
"In the time of Josephus it was circular, covering about half the head, ... This is inferred («) from the absence of any direction as to a covering Лн- the ..."

5. Principles of Heating: A Practical and Comprehensive Treatise on Applied by William Gage Snow (1912)
"To determine which covering is the most economical for following quantities ... Investment in covering. 2. Cost of coal required to supply lost heat. 3. ..."

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