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noun
That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Action of the verb to cover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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noun
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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verb
present participle and gerund of cover
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
the work of applying something;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: application, coating
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: manual labor, manual labour
Narrower terms: anointing, anointment, fumigation, foliation, galvanization, galvanisation, lubrication, paving, pavage, painting, spraying, tinning, tin-plating, papering, paperhanging, plastering, daubing, plating, scumble, tiling, waxing, lining, facing
noun
the act of protecting something by covering it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: protection
Narrower terms: dressing, grooming
noun
the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: cover, screening, masking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: concealment, concealing, hiding
noun
an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artifact, artefact
Narrower terms: artificial skin, bootleg, bubble, canopy, casing, chafing gear, cloak, cloth covering, clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment, coating, coat, cover plate, drape, earmuff, fig leaf, finger, flap, floor cover, floor covering, folder, footwear, footgear, hood, exhaust hood, imbrication, overlapping, lapping, instep, mask, matting, mercy seat, paddle box, paddle-box, planking, protective covering, protective cover, protection, screen, cover, covert, concealment, swathing, thumb, toe, top, upholstery, wrapping, wrap, wrapper
noun
a natural object that covers or envelops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: natural covering, cover
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural object
Narrower terms: scale, shell, test, body covering, sheath, case, integument, blanket, mantle, crust, incrustation, encrustation, envelope, hood, cap, indumentum, indument, roof, eggshell, skim, slough, snowcap, vesture, peridium, pericarp, seed vessel, perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium, theca, sac, indusium, bark
History
From Middle English coverynge, -inge, keverynge, -inge [verbal noun of coveren, keveren (“to cover”)]; or, verbal noun from cover (verb) + -ing.
Present participle or participial adjective from cover (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English coverynge, participle form of coveren, keveren (“to cover”).
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
