COVERING
Definition:
- [noun] a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"
Synonyms: natural cover
- [noun] an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
- [noun] the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft"
Synonyms: cover, screening, masking
- [noun] the act of protecting something by covering it
- [noun] the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";
Synonyms: application, coating
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Related Words:
- scale
- shell
- test
- body covering
- sheath, case
- integument
- blanket, mantle
- crust, incrustation, encrustation
- envelope
- indumentum, indument
- shell
- shell, eggshell
- skim
- slough
- snowcap
- vesture
- peridium
- pericarp, seed vessel
- perianth, chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium
- theca, sac
- indusium
- bark
- artificial skin
- bootleg
- bubble
- canopy
- casing
- chafing gear
- cloak
- cloth covering
- clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear
- 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
- mercy seat
- paddle box, paddle-box
- planking
- protective covering, protective cover, protection
- screen, cover, covert, concealment
- swathing
- thumb
- toe
- top, cover
- upholstery
- wrapping, wrap, wrapper
- dressing, grooming
- anointing, anointment
- fumigation
- foliation
- galvanization, galvanisation
- lubrication
- paving, pavage
- painting
- spraying
- tinning, tin-plating
- tinning
- papering, paperhanging
- plastering, daubing
- plating
- scumble
- tiling
- waxing
- lining, facing
