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say it: KUHV-ur-ing
covering is a noun meaning "a natural object that covers or envelops". It carries 5 recorded senses.
a natural object that covers or envelops
“under a covering of dust”
“the fox was flushed from its cover”
an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
“the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft”
the act of protecting something by covering it
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for covering come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.