covering
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(noun) the act of protecting something by covering it |
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Related Words: dressing, grooming, guarding, protecting, protection |
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(satellite adjective) actively protective; "provided covering fire for the platoon that was moving up" |
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Synonyms: shielding |
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(satellite adjective) above or covering a wide area; "the covering darkness"; "shadow of the overhanging crag"; "the dark overspreading clouds" |
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Synonyms: overhanging, overspreading |
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(noun) an artifact that protects or shelters or conceals |
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Related Words: apparel, artefact, artifact, artificial skin, bootleg, canopy, casing, cloak, cloth covering, clothes, clothing, coat, coating, concealment, cover, cover plate, covert, fig leaf, flap, floor covering, floorcover, folder, footgear, footwear, imbrication, instep, lapping, mask, mercy seat, overlapping, paddlebox, protection, protective covering, screen, swathing, top, upholstery, vesture, wear, wearing apparel, wrap, wrapper, wrapping |
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(noun) a natural object that covers or envelops; "the fox was flushed from its cover" |
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Synonyms: cover, natural covering |
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Related Words: bark, blanket, body covering, case, crust, eggshell, encrustation, envelope, floral envelope, incrustation, indusium, integument, mantle, natural object, perianth, pericarp, peridium, sac, scale, seed vessel, sheath, shell, slough, test, theca |
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(noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" |
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Synonyms: cover, masking, screening |
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Related Words: concealing, concealment, hiding, secreting |
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(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"; |
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Synonyms: application, coating |
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Related Words: anointing, anointment, daubing, facing, fumigation, lining, lubrication, manual labor, manual labour, painting, paperhanging, papering, paving, plastering, plating, scumble, spraying, tiling, tin-plating, tinning, waxing |
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