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covering¹

  • /ˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/

Where it comes from

Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English coverynge, participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of cover

covering²

  • /ˈkʌvəɹɪŋ/

Where it comes from

From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) + -ing.

noun coverings

  1. countable That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another. Face covering is also mentioned: "There are some circumstances when wearing a face covering may be marginally beneficial as a precautionary measure. The evidence suggests that wearing a face covering does not protect you, but it may protect others if you are infected but have not yet developed sympt
  2. uncountable Action of the verb to cover.
  3. countable, uncountable, of a given open set U 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.
  4. 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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: masking, screening, coating, overhanging, overspreading, protective, wide, broad, application, shielding, natural covering, wrap, encasing, liner, lining, overlaying

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noun that which covers something

DeutschAbdeckung
עבריתכיסוי kisui, עֲטִיפָה 'atifá

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@misc{covering_2026,
  title = {covering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/covering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}